1248
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For broader historical context, see 1240s and 13th century.
| Years: 1245 1246 1247 – 1248 – 1249 1250 1251 |
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| Decades: 1210s 1220s 1230s – 1240s – 1250s 1260s 1270s |
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| Centuries: 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
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| 1248 by topic | |
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| 1248 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1248 MCCXLVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2001 |
| Armenian calendar | 697 ԹՎ ՈՂԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -596 – -595 |
| Berber calendar | 2198 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1792 |
| Burmese calendar | 610 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6756 – 6757 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁未年十二月初四日 (3884/3944-12-4) — to —
戊申年十二月十五日(3885/3945-12-15) |
| Coptic calendar | 964 – 965 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1240 – 1241 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5008 – 5009 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1303 – 1304 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1170 – 1171 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4349 – 4350 |
| Holocene calendar | 11248 |
| Iranian calendar | 626 – 627 |
| Islamic calendar | 645 – 646 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3581 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1791 |
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 – King Sancho II of Portugal
- February 1 – Henry II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1207)
- June 11 – Adachi Kagemori, Japanese samurai
- Güyük Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire
- King Harald of the Isle of Man
- Subutai, Mongol general
