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1293

EVENTS

May 20 - King Sancho IV Of Castile creates the ''Studium General'', forerunner to the modern Complutense University Of Madrid .

May 20 - An Earthquake in Kamakura , Japan kills an estimated 30,000.

December - Mamluk sultan of Egypt Khalil is assassinated by his regent Baydara, who briefly claims the sultanate before being assassinated himself by a rival political faction.

Torkel Knutsson leads Sweden in beginning the Third Swedish Crusade against unchristianized Finnish Karelia .

Dante Alighieri completes the book of verse '' La Vita Nuova ''.

The Hindu Majapahit Empire of the Malay Archipelago is founded by Kertarajasa , who exploits internal conflict and Mongol intervention to defeat the Singhasari kingdom and establish the empire.

The Japanese Era Shōō ends, and the Einin era begins.

BIRTHS

Margaret De Clare , English noblewoman (died 1342 )

Felim Mac Aedh Ua Conchobair , King of Connacht (died 1316 )

Philip V Of France (died 1322 )

Philip VI Of France (died 1350 )

John Of Ruysbroeck , Flemish mystic (approximate date; died 1381 )

Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward Of Scotland (died 1326 )

DEATHS

May 2 - Meir Of Rothenburg , German rabbi (born c. 1215 )

Henry Of Ghent , philosopher (born c. 1217 )

Khalil , Mamluk sultan of Egypt

David VI Narin , King of Georgia (born 1225 )

Dmitry Of Pereslavl , Grand Duke of Vladimir-Suzdal

William Of Rubruck , Franciscan missionary (approximate date; born c. 1220 )