1245
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Events

• A rebellion occurs against King Sancho II of Portugal in favour of his brother Alphonso.
• The rebuilding of Westminster Abbey is started.
• Pope Innocent IV sends Giovanni da Pian del Carpine to the Mongol court, suggesting (amongst other things) that the Mongols convert to Christianity.
• First Council of Lyon: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II is excommunicated and deposed, and the Seventh Crusade is proclaimed.

Births

• January 16 - Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)
• April 3 - King Philip III of France (d. 1285)
• Boniface of Savoy

Deaths

• August 19 - Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)
• August 21 - Alexander of Hales, English theologian