1223 ( MCCXXIII ) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar , the 1223rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 223rd year of the 2nd millennium , the 23rd year of the 13th century , and the 4th year of the 1220s decade. As of the start of 1223, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events [ change | change source ]

• 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 . ^[1]

Births [ change | change source ]

• 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 [ change | change source ]

• 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)

References [ change | change source ]