1245

Decades: 1190s 1200s 1210s 1220s 1230s - 1240s - 1250s 1260s 1270s 1280s 1290s

Years: 1240 1241 1242 1243 1244 - 1245 - 1246 1247 1248 1249 1250

• Rebellion against king Sancho II of Portugal in favor of his brother Alphonso.
• The rebuilding of Westminster Abbey is started.
• Battle of Evesham
• Pope Innocent IV sends two missions to the Mongol Khan, suggesting that the Mongols convert to Christianity.

• April 3: Philip the Bold, king of France
• Boniface of Savoy, count of Savoy (or 1244)

• Alexander of Hales, theologian

• Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276)
• Castile - Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (reigned from 1217 to 1252)