Editing 1245 (section)

=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* Winter &ndash; [[Siege of Jaén (1245–1246)|Siege of Jaén]]: Castilian forces under King [[Ferdinand III of Castile|Ferdinand III]] ('''the Saint''') besiege the Moorish-held city of [[Jaén, Spain|Jaén]]. During the siege Moorish knights sally out and manage to capture a Castilian supply caravan. Meanwhile, Ferdinand tries to launch attacks on the various city gates, but all are ineffective.
* In witness of the toll taken by war and fiscal pressure in the [[Kingdom of Castile]], the region of [[Segovia]] is described this year as depopulated and sterile.<ref name=linehan1999>{{cite book|author1-link=Peter Linehan|title=The New Cambridge Medieval History c.1198-c.1300|year=1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=0-521-36289-X|pages=668–699 [670]|first=Peter|last=Linehan|editor1-link=David Abulafia|editor=Abulafia, David |chapter=Chapter 21: Castile, Portugal and Navarre}}</ref>

==== England ====
* King [[Henry III of England|Henry III]] starts the work of rebuilding [[Westminster Abbey]], as a tribute to [[Edward the Confessor]].

==== Levant ====
* [[April]] &ndash; Egyptian forces under [[As-Salih Ayyub]] besiege the city of [[Damascus]]. After six months, [[As-Salih Ismail, Emir of Damascus|As-Salih Ismail]], ruler of Damascus, surrenders to Ayyub in return for a vassal-principality, consisting of [[Baalbek]] and the [[Hauran]]. Ayyub is awarded the title of [[sultan]] by Caliph [[Al-Musta'sim]] in [[Baghdad]].<ref>Steven Runciman (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre'', pp. 190–191. {{ISBN|978-0241-29877-0}}.</ref>