1246

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1210s  1220s  1230s  – 1240s –  1250s  1260s  1270s
Years:	1243 1244 1245 – 1246 – 1247 1248 1249

1246 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1246 MCCXLVI
Ab urbe condita	1999
Armenian calendar	695 ԹՎ ՈՂԵ
Assyrian calendar	5996
Balinese saka calendar	1167–1168
Bengali calendar	653
Berber calendar	2196
English Regnal year	30 Hen. 3 – 31 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1790
Burmese calendar	608
Byzantine calendar	6754–6755
Chinese calendar	乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 3942 or 3882     — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3943 or 3883
Coptic calendar	962–963
Discordian calendar	2412
Ethiopian calendar	1238–1239
Hebrew calendar	5006–5007
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1302–1303
- Shaka Samvat	1167–1168
- Kali Yuga	4346–4347
Holocene calendar	11246
Igbo calendar	246–247
Iranian calendar	624–625
Islamic calendar	643–644
Japanese calendar	Kangen 4 (寛元４年)
Javanese calendar	1155–1156
Julian calendar	1246 MCCXLVI
Korean calendar	3579
Minguo calendar	666 before ROC 民前666年
Nanakshahi calendar	−222
Thai solar calendar	1788–1789
Tibetan calendar	阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 1372 or 991 or 219     — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 1373 or 992 or 220

1246 (MCCXLVI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1246th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 246th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 13th century, and the 7th year of the 1240s decade. As of the start of 1246, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• End of the reign of Emperor Go-Saga, emperor of Japan. Emperor Go-Fukakusa replaces him.
• Güyük Khan is enthroned as the 3rd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.
• A papal mission under Giovanni da Pian del Carpine arrives at Karakorum and witnesses this event.
• The Mexica settle Chapultepec, a former Toltec stronghold.
• Sainte-Chapelle built.
• With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria
• Beaulieu Abbey dedicated.

Births

• September 14 – John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel (died 1272)

Deaths

• February 25 – Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
• May 31 – Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England
• June 15 – Duke Frederick II of Austria (born 1219)
• September 20 – Mikhail of Chernigov, Prince of Kiev
• September 30 – Yaroslav II of Russia (born 1190)
• November 8 – Berenguela of Castile, queen of Castile and León (born 1196)