1244
| 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 |
| 1244 by topic | |
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| Art and literature | |
| 1244 in poetry | |
| 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 | 1165–1166 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4344–4345 |
| Holocene calendar | 11244 |
| Igbo calendar | 244–245 |
| Iranian calendar | 622–623 |
| Islamic calendar | 641–642 |
| Japanese calendar | Kangen 2 (寛元２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1153–1154 |
| Julian calendar | 1244 MCCXLIV |
| Korean calendar | 3577 |
| Minguo calendar | 668 before ROC 民前668年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −224 |
| 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
- March 16 – Following their successful 9-month siege of Montségur, French royal forces burn about 210 Cathar Perfecti and unrepentant credentes.
- 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]
- Siege and Fall of Jerusalem leading to the Seventh Crusade.
- Sultan Malik al-Muattam razes the city walls of Jerusalem.
- August 23 – The city's citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders to Khwarezmian Empire.
- October 17 – Battle of La Forbie: the army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem is defeated by the Ayyubids and Khwarezmians.
- Dogen Zenji establishes the Eiheiji temple in Japan, thus founding the Sōtō sect of Zen Buddhism.
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)
- April 2 – Henrik Harpestræng, Danish botanical and medical author
- 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)
References
- ↑ de Epalza, Miguel (1999). Negotiating cultures: bilingual surrender treaties in Muslim-Crusader Spain under James the Conqueror. Brill. p. 96. ISBN 90-04-11244-8.
- ↑ de Epalza, Miguel (1999). Negotiating cultures: bilingual surrender treaties in Muslim-Crusader Spain under James the Conqueror. Brill. p. 100. ISBN 90-04-11244-8.
- ↑ de Epalza, Miguel (1999). Negotiating cultures: bilingual surrender treaties in Muslim-Crusader Spain under James the Conqueror. Brill. p. 102. ISBN 90-04-11244-8.
- ↑ de Epalza, Miguel (1999). Negotiating cultures: bilingual surrender treaties in Muslim-Crusader Spain under James the Conqueror. Brill. p. 88. ISBN 90-04-11244-8.
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