1245

'Years:' 1242 1243 1244 - 1245 - 1246 1247 1248

'Decades:' 1210s 1220s 1230s - '1240s' - 1250s 1260s 1270s

'Centuries:' 12th century - '13th century' - 14th century

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Rebellion against king Sancho II of Portugal in favour of his brother Alphonso.

★ The rebuilding of Westminster Abbey is started.

★ Pope Innocent IV sends Giovanni da Pian del Carpine to the Mongol court, suggesting (amongst other things) that the Mongols convert to Christianity.

★ First Council of Lyon

Births

★ January 16 - Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England (died 1296)

★ April 3 - King Philip III of France (died 1285)

★ Boniface of Savoy

Deaths

★ August 19 - Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (born 1195)

★ August 21 - Alexander of Hales, English theologian