1247
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| Years: 1244 1245 1246 - 1247 - 1248 1249 1250 | |
| Decades: 1210s 1220s 1230s - 1240s - 1250s 1260s 1270s | |
| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century | |
Events
- Shams ad-Din disappears resulting in Jalal Uddin Rumi writing 30,000 verses of poetry about his disappearance.
- Romford, London, England is chartered as a market town.
- Bedlam becomes part of London.
- Thuringian War of Succession begins.
- Ch'in Chiu-Shao publishes the original form of the Chinese remainder theorem.
- Pope Innocent IV sends missionaries to attempt to convert the Mongols.
- Egypt takes control of Jerusalem from the Kharezmians.
- Nijmegen becomes part of Gelderland.
- The Romanesque cathedral of St. Pierre is begun in Beauvais.
- Afonso III succeeds Sancho II as King of Portugal.
- Saint Louis massacres the last remaining Catharists at Montségur.
Births
- Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (died 1271)
- Angelo da Clareno, founder of Fraticelli (died 1337)
- Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (died 1255)
- John II, Count of Hainaut (died 1304)
- Rashid al-Din, Persian writer and historian (died 1318)
- Zhang Sanfeng, Chinese Taoist priest
Deaths
- February 16 - Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (born 1204)
- Giles of Rome, Roman archbishop and philosopher
