1344
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1310s 1320s 1330s – 1340s – 1350s 1360s 1370s |
| Years: | 1341 1342 1343 – 1344 – 1345 1346 1347 |
| 1344 by topic | |
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| 1344 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1344 MCCCXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2097 |
| Armenian calendar | 793 ԹՎ ՉՂԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6094 |
| Bengali calendar | 751 |
| Berber calendar | 2294 |
| English Regnal year | 17 Edw. 3 – 18 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1888 |
| Burmese calendar | 706 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6852–6853 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸未年 (Water Goat) 4040 or 3980 — to — 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 4041 or 3981 |
| Coptic calendar | 1060–1061 |
| Discordian calendar | 2510 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1336–1337 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5104–5105 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1400–1401 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1266–1267 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4445–4446 |
| Holocene calendar | 11344 |
| Igbo calendar | 344–345 |
| Iranian calendar | 722–723 |
| Islamic calendar | 744–745 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōei 3 (康永３年) |
| Julian calendar | 1344 MCCCXLIV |
| Korean calendar | 3677 |
| Minguo calendar | 568 before ROC 民前568年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1886–1887 |
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Year 1344 (MCCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- March 26 – The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
- October 24 – Smyrniote Crusade: a Christian fleet succeeds in taking the port city of Smyrna from the Aydinid Turks.[1]
- December 6 – Five-year-old Erik Magnusson, the eldest son of king Magnus IV of Sweden, is appointed heir to the Swedish throne, even though Sweden, at this time, is an elective monarchy.
Date unknown
- King Edward III of England introduces three new gold coins, the florin, leopard, and helm. Unfortunately the amount of gold in the coins does not match their value of 6 shillings, 3 shillings, and 1 shilling and sixpence, so they have to be withdrawn and mostly melted down by August of this year.
- The St. George's Night Uprising: Livonian Order hangs Vesse, the rebel Estonian Elder of Saaremaa Island.
- Bablake School was founded in Coventry, England by Queen Isabella.
- The Compagnia dei Bardi in Florence goes bankrupt, along with the Peruzzi Bank and the Acciaiuoli Bank.
- Famine in China.
- King Peter IV of Aragon defeats and deposes his cousin, James III of Majorca, thereby absorbing the Balearic Kingdom of Majorca into the Crown of Aragon.
Births
- February 9 – Meinhard III, Count of Tyrol (d. 1363)
- September 18 – Marie Valois, daughter of King John II of France (d. 1404)
- October 10 – Mary Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1362)
- date unknown
- Beatrix of Bavaria, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1359)
- Azzo X d'Este, condottiero (d. 1415)
- John I, Count of La Marche (d. 1393)
- Parameswara, Malay Srivijayan prince (d. 1424)
Deaths
- January 11 – Thomas Charlton, bishop and Lord High Treasurer of England
- January 30 – William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury (b.1301)
- April 17 – Gosdantin II of Armenia
- July 11 – Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg (b. c. 1286)
- date unknown
- Gersonides, French rabbi and mathematician (b. 1288)
- Raoul I of Brienne, Count of Eu
- Wajih ad-Din Mas'ud, leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar
- probable – Simone Martini, Sienese painter (b. 1284)
References
- ↑ Lock, Peter (2013). The Routledge Companion to the Crusades. Routledge. p. 127. ISBN 9781135131371.
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