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1283

Years: 1280 1281 1282 - 1283 - 1284 1285 1286

Decades: 1250s 1260s 1270s - 1280s - 1290s 1300s 1310s

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

• Teutonic Knights subjugate Prussia
• Sopot comes under the control of the free city of Danzig
• Gregory Cyprius becomes Patriarch of Constantinople
• Northern section of the Grand Canal of China is completed
• Thai alphabet created by King Ramkhamhaeng the Great
• Edward I of England raids the Templars treasury
• Edward I of England captures Dolwyddelan Castle
• Construction of Harlech Castle begun
• Anklam becomes a member of the Hanseatic League
• Philip, heir to the throne of France, marries Jeanne of Navarre, resulting in the union of the crowns of France and Navarre

Births

• Margaret I of Scotland, Queen of Scotland
• Yoshida Kenko, Japanese author

Deaths

• January 9 - Wu Tianxiang, the most renowned Chinese patriot of the Song Dynasty, was executed in Beijing at age 47.
• Saadi, Persian poet
• Rhys ap Maredudd, ruler of Deheubarth in Wales
• October 3 - David ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, executed

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