1246
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1210s 1220s 1230s – 1240s – 1250s 1260s 1270s |
| Years: | 1243 1244 1245 – 1246 – 1247 1248 1249 |
| 1246 by topic | |
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| 1246 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1246 MCCXLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1999 |
| Armenian calendar | 695 ԹՎ ՈՂԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5996 |
| Bengali calendar | 653 |
| Berber calendar | 2196 |
| English Regnal year | 30 Hen. 3 – 31 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1790 |
| Burmese calendar | 608 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6754–6755 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 3942 or 3882 — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3943 or 3883 |
| Coptic calendar | 962–963 |
| Discordian calendar | 2412 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1238–1239 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5006–5007 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1302–1303 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1168–1169 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4347–4348 |
| Holocene calendar | 11246 |
| Igbo calendar | 246–247 |
| Iranian calendar | 624–625 |
| Islamic calendar | 643–644 |
| Japanese calendar | Kangen 4 (寛元４年) |
| Julian calendar | 1246 MCCXLVI |
| Korean calendar | 3579 |
| Minguo calendar | 666 before ROC 民前666年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1788–1789 |
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Year 1246 (MCCXLVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Americas
- The Mexicans settle Chapultepec, a former Toltec stronghold.
Asia
- Emperor Go-Fukakusa succeeds Emperor Go-Saga on the throne of Japan.
- Güyük Khan is enthroned as the 3rd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (an event also witnessed by a papal mission under Giovanni da Pian del Carpine) at Karakorum.
Europe
- With the death of Duke Frederick the Quarrelsome, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
- Spain: After two unsuccessful sieges in 1225 and 1230, the Castillans manage to take the city of Jaén from the Andalucians at the Siege of Jaen.[1]
By topic
Arts
- The Gothic chapel of Sainte-Chapelle is built.
- Robert Grosseteste translates Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics from Greek into Latin, which marks the true start of the rediscovery of the philosopher by Medieval Europe.[2]
Nature
- The perihelion of the Earth's orbit coincided with the December solstice.
Religion
- Beaulieu Abbey is dedicated.
Births
Deaths
- February 25 – Dafydd ap Llywelyn, prince of Wales
- May 31 – Isabella of Angoulême, queen of John of England
- June – Richard Fitz Roy, illegitimate son of John of England
- June 15 – Duke Frederick II of Austria (b. 1219)
- September 20 – Mikhail of Chernigov, Prince of Kiev
- September 30 – Yaroslav II of Russia (b. 1190)
- November 8 – Berenguela of Castile, queen of Castile and León (b. 1196)
- date unknown
- Ednyfed Fychan, seneschal of Gwynedd
- Sayyid Muhammad Al-Makki, ancestor of the Bukkuri Sayyids (b. 1145)
References
- ↑ Peter Linehan (1999). "Chapter 21: Castile, Portugal and Navarre". In David Abulafia. The New Cambridge Medieval History c.1198-c.1300. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 668–699 [670]. ISBN 0-521-36289-X.
- ↑ Munro, John H. (2003). "The Medieval Origins of the Financial Revolution". The International History Review 15 (3): 506–562.