1248

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1210s  1220s  1230s  – 1240s –  1250s  1260s  1270s
Years:	1245 1246 1247 – 1248 – 1249 1250 1251

1248 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1248 MCCXLVIII
Ab urbe condita	2001
Armenian calendar	697 ԹՎ ՈՂԷ
Assyrian calendar	5998
Balinese saka calendar	1169–1170
Bengali calendar	655
Berber calendar	2198
English Regnal year	32 Hen. 3 – 33 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1792
Burmese calendar	610
Byzantine calendar	6756–6757
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3944 or 3884     — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3945 or 3885
Coptic calendar	964–965
Discordian calendar	2414
Ethiopian calendar	1240–1241
Hebrew calendar	5008–5009
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1304–1305
- Shaka Samvat	1169–1170
- Kali Yuga	4348–4349
Holocene calendar	11248
Igbo calendar	248–249
Iranian calendar	626–627
Islamic calendar	645–646
Japanese calendar	Hōji 2 (宝治２年)
Javanese calendar	1157–1158
Julian calendar	1248 MCCXLVIII
Korean calendar	3581
Minguo calendar	664 before ROC 民前664年
Nanakshahi calendar	−220
Thai solar calendar	1790–1791
Tibetan calendar	阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1374 or 993 or 221     — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1375 or 994 or 222

1248 (MCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1248th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 248th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 13th century, and the 9th year of the 1240s decade. As of the start of 1248, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• Cologne Cathedral built.
• King Louis IX of France starts the Seventh Crusade. He leaves with an army of 20,000 toward Egypt.
• Roger Bacon publishes the formula for black powder in Europe.

Births

for more information, see Category:1248 births.