1247

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.