What is 1249?
{{Year nav|1249}} {{Year in various calendars|1249}} {{Year article header|1249}} == Events == === By place === ==== Africa ==== * King [[Louis IX of France]] captures [[Damietta]] in [[Egypt]]. It is the first major military battle of the [[Seventh Crusade]]. ==== Asia ==== * Pho Khun Si Indrathit is the first king of the [[Sukhothai kingdom]]. This is the start of the modern [[Thailand|Thai]] nation. * The [[Hikitsuke]], a judicial organ of the [[Kamakura shogunate|Kamakura]] and [[Muromachi shogunate]]s of [[Japan]], is started. * The Japanese [[Hōji]] era ends, and the [[Kenchō]] era begins. ==== Europe ==== * [[February 16]] &ndash; [[Andrew of Longjumeau]] is sent by King [[Louis IX of France]] as an [[ambassador]] to meet with the [[Khan (title)|Khan]] of the [[Mongols]]. * [[June 13]] &ndash; [[coronation]] of [[Alexander III (Scotland)|Alexander III]] as [[Kingdom of Scotland|King of Scots]]. * [[August 15]] &ndash; The [[First Battle of Athenry]] is fought in [[Galway]], [[Ireland]]. * The city of [[Stralsund]] (in present-day [[Germany]]) is burned to the ground by forces from the rival city of [[Lübeck]]. * [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Politician|statesman]] [[Birger Jarl]] takes over the province of [[Tavastia (historical province)|Tavastia]] in [[Finland]]. This gives Sweden power in Finland. * [[Alphonse of Toulouse]] orders [[Jew]]s from [[Poitou]], [[France]] to leave. * The [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Capital (political)|capital]] is moved from [[Esztergom]] to [[Buda]]. ===== Mediterranean ===== * [[May 26]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Fossalta]] is fought between the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and the [[Lombard League]]. The Lombards capture the German commander. * The [[Moors]] lose possession of [[Alicante]] in [[Al-Andalus]] ([[Islam]]ic [[Spain]]). * King [[Afonso III of Portugal]] recaptures [[Faro, Portugal|Faro]] and [[Silves]] in the [[Algarve]] from the Moors. This ends the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Reconquista]].<ref name=picard2000>{{cite book|last=Picard|first=Christophe|title=Le Portugal musulman