1223

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.

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

1223 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1223 MCCXXIII
Ab urbe condita	1976
Armenian calendar	672 ԹՎ ՈՀԲ
Assyrian calendar	5973
Balinese saka calendar	1144–1145
Bengali calendar	630
Berber calendar	2173
English Regnal year	7 Hen. 3 – 8 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1767
Burmese calendar	585
Byzantine calendar	6731–6732
Chinese calendar	壬午年 (Water Horse) 3919 or 3859     — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 3920 or 3860
Coptic calendar	939–940
Discordian calendar	2389
Ethiopian calendar	1215–1216
Hebrew calendar	4983–4984
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1279–1280
- Shaka Samvat	1144–1145
- Kali Yuga	4323–4324
Holocene calendar	11223
Igbo calendar	223–224
Iranian calendar	601–602
Islamic calendar	619–620
Japanese calendar	Jōō 2 (貞応２年)
Javanese calendar	1131–1132
Julian calendar	1223 MCCXXIII
Korean calendar	3556
Minguo calendar	689 before ROC 民前689年
Nanakshahi calendar	−245
Thai solar calendar	1765–1766
Tibetan calendar	阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1349 or 968 or 196     — to — 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 1350 or 969 or 197

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)