1344
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This article is about the year 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 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -500–-499 |
| 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 | 癸未年十二月十五日 (3980/4040-12-15) — to —
甲申年十一月廿六日(3981/4041-11-26) |
| Coptic calendar | 1060–1061 |
| 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 |
| Iranian calendar | 722–723 |
| Islamic calendar | 744–745 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3677 |
| Minguo calendar | 568 before ROC 民前568年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 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.
[edit] Events
[edit] January–December
- 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.
[edit] 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in the coins does not match their value of 6 shillings, 3 shillings, and 1 shilling and sixpence, so they have to be withdrawn and mostly melted down by August of this year.
- Vesse, the rebel King of Saaremaa Island in Estonia, is hanged.
- Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec civilization, is founded.
- 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.
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
