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''For broader historical context, see [[13th century]].''

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| align="center" colspan=2 | <small>'''Years:'''</small><br>  [[1246]] [[1247]] [[1248]] - [[1249]] - [[1250]] [[1251]] [[1252]]
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| align="center" colspan=2 | <small>'''[[Decades]]:'''</small> <br>  [[1210s]] [[1220s]] [[1230s]] - '''[[1240s]]''' - [[1250s]] [[1260s]] [[1270s]]
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| align="center" | <small>'''[[Centuries]]:'''</small> <br> [[12th century]] - '''[[13th century]]''' - [[14th century]]
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==Events==
===Europe===
*[[February 16]] - [[Andrew of Longjumeau]] is dispatched by King [[Louis IX of France]] as an [[ambassador]] to meet with the [[Khan]] of the [[Mongols]]
*[[University College, Oxford|University College]], the first College at Oxford, is founded with money gifted from the estate of [[William of Durham]]
*The [[Moors]] lose possession of [[Alicante]] in [[Al-Andalus]] ([[Islam]]ic [[Spain]]).
*King [[Afonso III of Portugal]] captures [[Faro, Portugal]] from the Moors.
* [[Roger Bacon]] publishes a major scientific work, including writings of [[convex]] [[lens (optics)|lens]] [[spectacles]] for treating [[long-sightedness]] and the first publication of the formula for [[gunpowder]] in the western world.
*The city of [[Mystras]], [[Greece]] is fortified and a palace is constructed there by [[William II Villehardouin]].
*The city of [[Stralsund]] (in present-day [[Germany]]) is burned to the ground by forces from the rival city of [[Lübeck]].
*[[Sweden|Swedish]] statesman [[Birger Jarl]] subjugated the province of [[Tavastia]] in [[Finland]], laying the foundations for Sweden's expansionism.
*[[Alphonse of Toulouse]] orders the expulsion of [[Jews]] from [[Poitou]], [[France]].

===Asia===
*Pho Khun Si Indrathit becomes the first king of the [[Sukhothai kingdom]], marking the founding of the modern [[Thailand|Thai]] nation.
*The [[Hikitsuke]], a judicial organ of the [[Kamakura shogunate|Kamakura]] and [[Muromachi shogunate]]s of [[Japan]], is established.
*The Japanese [[Hoji]] era ends, and the [[Kencho]] era begins.

===Africa===
*King [[Louis IX of France]] captures [[Damietta]] in [[Egypt]], the first major military engagement of the [[Seventh Crusade]].


==Births==
*[[July 9]] - [[Emperor Kameyama of Japan]]
*[[Pope John XXII]]
*[[Frederick I, Margrave of Baden]]
*[[Eric V of Denmark]]
*[[Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford]]

==Deaths==
*[[July 6]] - [[Alexander II of Scotland]] (b. [[1198]])
*[[September 27]] - [[Raymond VII of Toulouse]], [[Count of Toulouse]] (b. [[1197]])
*[[November]] - [[As-Salih Ayyub]], [[Ayyubid]] [[Sultan]] of [[Egypt]] and [[Damascus]]

==See also==
*[[List of state leaders in 1249]]

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