1283

Europe

 * - The young  is forced to yield his claim on the Duchies of  and  to his elder brother,, under the.
 * - At the  at, an  fleet sent to help put down a rebellion on  is defeated by the fleet of.
 * - Death by is first used as a form of  (for the newly created crime of ) by King  in his execution of, the last ruler of an independent.
 * Construction of, , and is begun in  by King  as a system of defenses against possible future Welsh uprisings.
 * King causes a mass migration of s when he outlaws their residence in the small villages and rural localities of.
 * The E codex of the, a collection of musical manuscripts, is dated to between  and.
 * The, an early an treatise on board games (including , , and a version of ), is commissioned by King between  and 1283.
 * becomes of.

Asia

 * King of the  creates the, according to tradition.
 * 's invades the  of present-day ; King  decides to pay tribute rather than fight the invasion, buying peace and preserving the empire.
 * Construction on the northern section of the is completed.
 * The city of is founded in.
 * destroys two thirds of the cave city of

Births

 * Date uncertain - (died )

Deaths

 * -, Chinese prime minister (executed (born )
 * -, Welsh Prince of Gwynedd (executed)
 * , Persian poet (born )
 * , Polish nobleman