    __notoc__ year 1246 (mccxlvi) was a common year starting on monday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. == events == ===by area=== ====americas==== * the mexicans settle chapultepec, a former toltec stronghold. ====asia==== * emperor go-fukakusa succeeds emperor go-saga on the throne of japan. * gÃ¼yÃ¼k khan is enthroned as the 3rd great khan of the mongol empire (an event also witnessed by a papal mission under giovanni da pian del carpine) at karakorum. ====europe==== * with the death of duke frederick ii, the babenberg dynasty ends in austria. * spain: after two unsuccessful sieges in 1225 and 1230, the castillans manage to take the city of jaÃ©n from the andalucians at the siege of jaen. ===by topic=== ====arts==== * the gothic chapel of sainte-chapelle is built. * robert grosseteste translates aristotle's nichomachean ethics from greek into latin, which marks the true start of the rediscovery of the philosopher by medieval europe. ====nature==== * the perihelion of the earth's orbit coincided with the december solstice. ====religion==== * beaulieu abbey is dedicated. == births == * september 14 &ndash; john fitzalan, 7th earl of arundel (d. 1272) == deaths == * february 25 &ndash; dafydd ap llywelyn, prince of wales * may 31 &ndash; isabella of angoulÃªme, queen of john of england * june 15 &ndash; duke frederick ii of austria (b. 1219) * september 20 &ndash; mikhail of chernigov, prince of kiev * september 30 &ndash; yaroslav ii of russia (b. 1190) * november 8 &ndash; berenguela of castile, queen of castile and leÃ³n (b. 1196) * walter iv of brienne, count of brienne (b. 1205) * alice of champagne, daughter of henry ii of champagne and regent of jerusalem (b. 1196) * richard fitz roy, illegitimate son of john of england * ednyfed fychan, sensechal of gwynedd* * sayyid muhammad al-makki, ancestor of the bukkuri sayyids (b. 1145) == references ==  
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