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ť For broader historical context, see 1240s and 13th century.

Years: 1245 1246 1247 - 1248 - 1249 1250 1251
Decades: 1210s 1220s 1230s - 1240s - 1250s 1260s 1270s
Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

April 26 - The Gothic chapel Sainte-Chapelle is consecrated in Paris, France.
August 15 - The foundation stone of the Cologne cathedral is laid after an older cathedral on the site burns down on April 30. Construction is completed 632 years later, in 1880.
King Louis IX of France launches the Seventh Crusade, leading an army of 20,000 toward Egypt.
Reconquista: King Ferdinand III of Castile recaptures the city of Seville from the Moors.
Roger Bacon publishes the formula for black powder in Europe.
Pope Innocent IV grants the Croats permission to use their own language and script in liturgy (see Glagolitic alphabet).
Construction on the Alhambra palace, in Granada, Spain, is begun by the Moors.
The University of Piacenza is founded.
Tallinn (Reval) receives the Lübeck Rights.
The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, Archbishop of Utrecht on August 25.
The Aztec Empire is established.

Births

Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (approximate date) (d. 1300)

Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1306)

King Charles II of Naples (approximate date)

Peter Olivi, Franciscan theologian

Deaths

January 4 - King Sancho II of Portugal

February 1 - Henry II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1207)

Adachi Kagemori, Japanese samurai

Güyük Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire

King Harald of the Isle of Man

Subutai, Mongol generalFurther Information

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