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Year 1243 (MCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

  • March – Treaty of Alcaraz, Ferdinand III of Castile turns the independent Muslim Taifa of Murcia into a protectorate and initiates the process of colonization and christianization of the region. The Castillan troops are garrisoned in Murcia to support the Huddite dynasty (May 1).
  • June 25 – Pope Innocent IV succeeds Pope Celestine IV as the 180th pope.
  • June 26 – Battle of Köse Dağ: The Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks of Sultanate of Rum.
  • The city of Brno is founded in what will become the Czech Republic.

    • Births

  • June 28 – Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (d. 1304)
  • September 2 – Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 6th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295)
  • James II of Majorca (d. 1311)

    • Deaths

  • January – Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught
  • May – Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent

    • References

    1243 Wikipedia
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