1246

By area

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, at Karakorum.
• * Güyük dismisses a joint diplomatic mission sent by the Nizari Ismailis, the new Abbasid caliph Al-Musta'sim, and many Muslim rulers.

  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.

  By topic

Arts

• The Gothic chapel of Sainte-Chapelle is built.
• Robert Grosseteste translates Aristotle's Nicomachean 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 coincides with the December solstice.

  Religion

• Beaulieu Abbey is dedicated.