1243

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century 13th century 14th century
Decades:	1220s 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s
Years:	1240 1241 1242 1243 1244 1245 1246

1243 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1243 MCCXLIII
Ab urbe condita	1996
Armenian calendar	692 ԹՎ ՈՂԲ
Assyrian calendar	5993
Balinese saka calendar	1164–1165
Bengali calendar	650
Berber calendar	2193
English Regnal year	27Hen. 3– 28Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1787
Burmese calendar	605
Byzantine calendar	6751–6752
Chinese calendar	Nhâm dầnNiên (WaterTiger) 3940 or 3733 — to — Quý mão niên (WaterRabbit) 3941 or 3734
Coptic calendar	959–960
Discordian calendar	2409
Ethiopian calendar	1235–1236
Hebrew calendar	5003–5004
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1299–1300
-Shaka Samvat	1164–1165
-Kali Yuga	4343–4344
Holocene calendar	11243
Igbo calendar	243–244
Iranian calendar	621–622
Islamic calendar	640–641
Japanese calendar	Ninji4 /Kangen1 ( khoan nguyên nguyên niên )
Javanese calendar	1152–1153
Julian calendar	1243 MCCXLIII
Korean calendar	3576
Minguo calendar	669 beforeROC Dân tiền 669 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−225
Thai solar calendar	1785–1786
Tibetan calendar	Dương thủy hổ niên (male Water-Tiger) 1369 or 988 or 216 — to — Âm thủy thỏ niên (female Water-Rabbit) 1370 or 989 or 217

Pope Innocent IV(r. 1243–1254)

Year1243(MCCXLIII) was acommon year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

• March– KingFerdinand III(the Saint) turns the independentTaifa of Murciainto a protectorate, and initiates the process of the colonization andChristianizationof the region. He receives the submission of theMoors,under the terms of a peace agreement (the famousTreaty of Alcaraz).
• April 27–Treaty of Bordeaux:KingLouis IX(the Saint) and KingHenry IIIagree to a truce that ends theSaintonge War.The truce does not stop the on-going clashes (and further tensions) betweenFranceandEngland.
• Siege of Viterbo:EmperorFrederick IIbesiegesViterboon request of the rebel citizens. The defenders are able to set fire to thesiege towersand after signing a peace treaty, Frederick is persuaded to withdraw his army.
• Siege of Montségur:French forces (some 10,000 men) begin the siege ofChâteau de Montségurto raze the stronghold held by the rebelliousCathars.The castle is defended by some 100 troops and 500 refugees.
• May 1– TheCastillantroops are garrisoned inMurcia,to support theHudid Dynasty.

England

• Spring – Henry III bestows the custody ofKenilworth CastletoSimon de Montfort.Simon's wifeEleanor,Henry's sister, already ownedOdiham Castle(orKing John's Castle) so Simon has two of the strongest fortresses in England under his control.

Levant

• June 12– A Crusader force underBalian III,lord ofBeirut,capturesTyreafter a long siege. The barons seize the citadel onJuly 10,with the help ofAlice,queen ofCyprus,whose forces arrive onJune 15.This ending theWar of the Lombards.

Mongol Empire

• June 26–Battle of Köse Dağ:The Mongols underBaiju Noyandefeat theSeljuk Turksof theSultanate of Rumand their Byzantine allies. The Seljuks and theEmpire of Trebizondbecome vassals of the Mongols.

By topic

Religion

• June 25– PopeInnocent IVsucceedsCelestine IVas the 180th pope of theCatholic Church,after asede vacanteof 7 months.

Births

• May 31–James II,Aragonese ruler ofMajorca(d.1311)
• June 6–Alix of Brittany,Breton noblewoman (d.1288)
• June 28–Go-Fukakusa,emperor ofJapan(d.1304)
• September 2
  • Gilbert de Clare,Englishnobleman(d.1295)
  • Walter Langton,bishop ofCoventry(d.1321)
• Alfonso Fernández el Niño,Spanish nobleman (d.1281)
• An Hyang(orAhn Yu), KoreanConfucianscholar (d.1306)
• Augustinus Triumphus,Italianhermitand writer (d.1328)
• Awaji Nichiken,JapaneseBuddhistmonk (d.1338)
• Giles of Rome,Italian friar and archbishop (d.1316)
• John I of Chalon-Auxerre,French nobleman (d.1309)
• Riccoldo da Monte di Croce,Italian missionary (d.1320)
• Roger Bernard III,French nobleman and poet (d.1302)
• Zhenjin(orChingkim), Mongolian prince (d.1286)

Deaths

• January 17–Herman V,German nobleman (b.1180)
• January 19–Konoe Iezane,Japanese nobleman (b.1179)
• February 20–Romano Bonaventura,Italian cardinal
• March 10–Cyril III,patriarch ofAlexandria(b.1175)
• April 25–Boniface of Valperga,Italian monk and bishop
• May 3–Hawise of Chester,English noblewoman (b. 1180)
• May 4–Hubert de Burgh,EnglishChief Justiciar(b.1170)
• May 7–Hugh d'Aubigny,English nobleman and knight
• June 4–Constance,margravine ofMeissen(b.1212)
• June 26–Dardin Shervashidze,Georgian nobleman
• August 16–Stepan Tverdislavich,Russianposadnik
• October 15–Hedwig of Silesia,Polish duchess (b.1174)
• October 26–Bernat Calbó(orCalvó), Catalan bishop
• Ermengol IX,Catalan nobleman and child ruler (b.1235)
• Fujiwara no Reishi,Japanese empress consort (b.1185)
• Haymo of Faversham,English priest and philosopher
• Indravarman II,Cambodian ruler of theKhmer Empire
• Maol Eoin Ó Crechain,Irish priest and archdeacon
• Margaret of Burgundy,countess ofSavoy(b.1192)
• Umm Assa'd bint Isam al-Himyari,Arab female poet