1244
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| Years: 1241 1242 1243 - 1244 - 1245 1246 1247 |
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| Decades: 1210s 1220s 1230s - 1240s - 1250s 1260s 1270s |
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| Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century |
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| 1244 by topic | |
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| 1244 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1244 MCCXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1997 |
| Armenian calendar | 693 ԹՎ ՈՂԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -600 – -599 |
| Berber calendar | 2194 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1788 |
| Burmese calendar | 606 |
| Chinese calendar | 3880/3940-11-20 (癸卯年十一月二十日) — to —
3881/3941-12-1(甲辰年十二月初一日) |
| Coptic calendar | 960 – 961 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1236 – 1237 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5004 – 5005 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1299 – 1300 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1166 – 1167 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4345 – 4346 |
| Holocene calendar | 11244 |
| Iranian calendar | 622 – 623 |
| Islamic calendar | 641 – 642 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3577 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1787 |
This article is about the year 1244.
[edit] Events
- Dogen Zenji establishes the Eiheiji temple in Japan, thus founding the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism.
- Sultan Malik al-Muattam razes the city walls of Jerusalem.
- James I of Aragon reconquers Altea, Spain.
- The Cathars of Montségur surrender after a 9-month siege.
[edit] Births
- June 24 - Henry I of Hesse (d. 1308)
- Archbishop Henry II of Virneburg (d. 1332)
[edit] Deaths
- March 1 - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, eldest, illegitimate son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200)
- Jeanne, Countess of Flanders and Hainault(b. 1199/1200)
- Eleonore, daughter of king Alfonso VIII and Eleonore Plantagenet
- Witco de Perchyc, Bohemian noble (b. 1177)
