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1283

EVENTS

Europe

June 1 - The young Duke Rudolph II Of Austria is forced to yield his claim on the Duchies of Austria and Styria to his elder brother, Albert I Of Germany , under the Treaty Of Rheinfelden .

July 8 - At the Naval Battle Of Malta at Valletta , an Angevin fleet sent to help put down a rebellion on Malta is defeated by the fleet of Roger Of Lauria .

October 3 - Death by Drawing And Quartering is first used as a form of Capital Punishment (for the newly created crime of High Treason ) by King Edward I Of England in his execution of Dafydd Ap Gruffydd , the last ruler of an independent Wales .

Construction of Caernarfon Castle , Conwy Castle , and Harlech Castle is begun in Wales by King Edward I Of England as a system of defenses against possible future Welsh uprisings.

King Philip III Of France causes a mass migration of Jew s when he outlaws their residence in the small villages and rural localities of France .

The E codex of the Cantigas De Santa Maria , a collection of Portuguese musical manuscripts, is dated to between 1280 and 1283.

The Libro De Los Juegos , an early Europe an treatise on board games (including Chess , Dice , and a version of Backgammon ), is commissioned by King Alfonso X Of Castile between 1251 and 1283.

Asia

King Ramkhamhaeng The Great of the Sukhothai Kingdom creates the Thai Alphabet , according to tradition.

Kublai Khan 's Mongol Empire invades the Khmer Empire of present-day Cambodia ; King Jayavarman VIII decides to pay tribute rather than fight the invasion, buying peace and preserving the empire.

Construction on the northern section of the Grand Canal Of China is completed.

The city of Guiyang is founded in China .

Earthquake destroys two thirds of the cave city of Vardzia

BIRTHS

April 9 - Margaret Of Scotland (died 1290 )

DEATHS

January 9 - Wen Tianxiang , Chinese prime minister (executed (born 1236 )

October 3 - Dafydd Ap Gruffydd , Welsh Prince of Gwynedd (executed)

Philip, Crown Prince Of Constantinople , Persian poet (born 1243 )

Piotr Z Bogorii I Skotnik , Polish nobleman