1249

Europe

 * - is dispatched by King  as an  to meet with the  of the.
 * - The is fought.
 * - The is fought in,.
 * , the first College at Oxford, is founded with money gifted from the estate of.
 * The lose possession of  in  (ic ).
 * King recaptures  in the  from the Moors, thus ending the.
 * publishes a major scientific work, including writings of  for treating  and the first publication of the formula for  in the western world.
 * The city of, is fortified and a palace is constructed there by.
 * The city of (in present-day ) is burned to the ground by forces from the rival city of.
 * subjugates the province of in, securing Swedish power in Finland.
 * orders the expulsion of s from,.
 * Jean Mouflet makes an agreement with the of Saint-Pierre-le-Vif in the Senonais region in : in return for an annual payment, the monastery will recognize Jean as a "citizen of Sens". He is a , has a leather shop that he leases for the rent of 50 shillings a year. The agreement is witnessed by Jean's wife, , daughter of a wealthy and prominent citizen of , Felis Charpentier.

Asia

 * Pho Khun Si Indrathit becomes the first king of the, marking the founding of the modern nation.
 * The, a judicial organ of the and s of , is established.
 * The Japanese era ends, and the  era begins.

Africa

 * King captures  in, the first major military engagement of the.

Births

 * - of Japan (died )
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 * (died )
 * , rabbi
 * , rabbi

Deaths

 * - King (born )
 * - Count (born )
 * , ruler of Egypt
 * , ruler of the Maghreb (born )
 * , English logician (born )
 * , Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (born )
 * , Chinese physician and judge (born )