1244
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 12th century – 13th century – 14th century |
| Decades: | 1210s 1220s 1230s – 1240s – 1250s 1260s 1270s |
| Years: | 1241 1242 1243 – 1244 – 1245 1246 1247 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1244 MCCXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1997 |
| Armenian calendar | 693 ԹՎ ՈՂԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5994 |
| Bengali calendar | 651 |
| Berber calendar | 2194 |
| English Regnal year | 28 Hen. 3 – 29 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1788 |
| Burmese calendar | 606 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6752–6753 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 3940 or 3880 — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 3941 or 3881 |
| Coptic calendar | 960–961 |
| Discordian calendar | 2410 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1236–1237 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5004–5005 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1300–1301 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1166–1167 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4345–4346 |
| Holocene calendar | 11244 |
| Igbo calendar | 244–245 |
| Iranian calendar | 622–623 |
| Islamic calendar | 641–642 |
| Japanese calendar | Kangen 2 (寛元２年) |
| Julian calendar | 1244 MCCXLIV |
| Korean calendar | 3577 |
| Minguo calendar | 668 before ROC 民前668年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1786–1787 |
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Year 1244 (MCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- The Christian Reconquista in Iberia enjoys a string of successes:
- March 26 – By the treaty of Almirra, the king of Aragon and prince of Castile come to an agreement on the attribution of Muslim lands to still to be conquered.[1]
- May 22 – James I of Aragon takes the Muslim-held city of Janita after several months of siege.[2] This success is followed by the capture of Biar later that year.[3]
- James I of Aragon reconquers Altea, Spain.
- The heir prince of Castile conduct a series of military operations to support the Muslim Huddite rulers of Murcia against rebel strongholds.[4]
- Dogen Zenji establishes the Eiheiji temple in Japan, thus founding the Sōtō sect of Zen Buddhism.
- Sultan Malik al-Muattam razes the city walls of Jerusalem.
- The Cathars of Montségur surrender after a 9-month siege.
- Siege and Fall of Jerusalem leading to the Seventh Crusade.
- August 23 – The city's citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders to Khwarezmian Empire.
Births
- June 24 – Henry I of Hesse (d. 1308)
- Archbishop Henry II of Virneburg (d. 1332)
Deaths
- March 1 – Gruffyd ap Llywelyn, eldest, illegitimate son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200)
- December 5 – Jeanne, Countess of Flanders and Hainault(b. 1199 or 1200)
- date unknown
- Eleanor of Castile, daughter of king Alfonso VIII and Eleonore Plantagenet
- Witco de Perchyc, Bohemian noble (b. 1177)
