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Year 1246 (MCCXLVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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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.

    • 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.

    • Nature

  • The perihelion of the Earth's orbit coincided with the December solstice.

    • Religion

  • Beaulieu Abbey is dedicated.

    • Births

  • September 14 – John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel (d. 1272)

    • Deaths

  • February 25 – Dafydd ap Llywelyn, prince of Wales
  • June – Richard Fitz Roy, illegitimate son of John of England
  • June 4 – Isabella of Angoulême, queen of John of England
  • June 15 – Duke Frederick II, Duke of Austria (b. 1219)
  • September 20 – Mikhail of Chernigov, Prince of Kiev
  • September 30 – Yaroslav II of Russia (b. 1190)
  • November 8 – Berengaria 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)
  • Fatima, Mongolian senior office holder.

    • References

    1246 Wikipedia
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