5 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (4)
They conscripted twenty thousand men of the Five Guards army and sent them on the Japan campaign. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史 卷12 世祖 1283年 1月)
Huang Hua, General Commander of Jianning Road, rebelled with nearly one hundred thousand men known as the Toutuo army; they invaded Chong'an and Pucheng and besieged Jianning Prefecture. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史 卷12 世祖 1283年)
The Jizhou New Canal was completed, and a Grain Transport Commissioner was established. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史 卷12 世祖 1283年)
Eastern Europe & Russia (1)
The Novgorod forces go to Pereiaslavl to strike Dmitri and face him near Dmitrov. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1283년)