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1223 facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1190s 1200s 1210s – 1220s – 1230s 1240s 1250s |
| Years: | 1220 1221 1222 – 1223 – 1224 1225 1226 |
Year 1223 (MCCXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
- March 25 – Sancho II is crowned King of Portugal
- May 31 – Battle of the Kalka River: The Mongol armies of Genghis Khan defeat the Russian warriors.
- August 6 – Louis VIII is crowned King of France.
- The Franciscan Rule is approved by Pope Honorius III.
- Failure of an attempt by the Sicilian fleet to reconquer Jerba.
Births
- John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel (d. 1267)
- Baibars, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria (d. 1277)
- Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (d. 1265)
- Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, Last Native Prince of Wales (d. 1282)
Deaths
- March 8 – Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish bishop and historian (b. 1161)
- March 25 – King Afonso II of Portugal (b. 1185)
- July 14 – King Philip II of France (b. 1165)
- Giorgi IV Lasha, King of Georgia (b. 1192)
- Giraldus Cambrensis Cambro-Norman clergyman and chronicler (b. 1146)
- Mstislav III of Kiev
- Mukhali, Mongol general
- Unkei, Japanese sculptor (b. 1151)