History
1248
General
Population: 416 Million*
- Crusades: Seventh Crusade led by Louis IX of France to 1270
- Deaths: Arabian scientist Ibn al-Baitar, Spanish poet Gonzalo de Berceo
Europe
- France: Cologne Cathedral begun
- German States: Famine
- Italian States: Lombards defeat Frederick II at Parma
Genoese takes Rhodes
- Spanish States: Work begins on Alhambra in Granada