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| Gregorian calendar | 1144 MCXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1897 |
| Armenian calendar | 593 ԹՎ ՇՂԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5894 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1065–1066 |
| Bengali calendar | 551 |
| Berber calendar | 2094 |
| English Regnal year | 9 Ste. 1 – 10 Ste. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1688 |
| Burmese calendar | 506 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6652–6653 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 3841 or 3634 — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 3842 or 3635 |
| Coptic calendar | 860–861 |
| Discordian calendar | 2310 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1136–1137 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4904–4905 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1200–1201 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1065–1066 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4244–4245 |
| Holocene calendar | 11144 |
| Igbo calendar | 144–145 |
| Iranian calendar | 522–523 |
| Islamic calendar | 538–539 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōji 3 / Ten'yō 1 (天養元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1050–1051 |
| Julian calendar | 1144 MCXLIV |
| Korean calendar | 3477 |
| Minguo calendar | 768 before ROC 民前768年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −324 |
| Seleucid era | 1455/1456 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1686–1687 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 1270 or 889 or 117 — to — 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1271 or 890 or 118 |
Year 1144 (MCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Africa
- Catalan mercenary Reverter de La Guardia, the main Almoravid commander in the Maghrid al-Aqsa, dies. His elimination opens the regions to the troops of the Almohads.[1]
Asia
- December 24 – The County of Edessa falls to Zengi of Mosul (see Siege of Edessa). Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch, sends Bishop Hugh of Jabala to seek the aid of Pope Eugene III, while Manuel I Comnenus brings Raymond under Byzantine influence.
Europe
- Louis VII of France capitulates to Pope Celestine II, and so earns the pope's absolution.
- Normandy comes under Angevin control, under Geoffrey of Anjou.
- The city of Montauban, France, is founded.
- The city of Ljubljana, Slovenia, is first mentioned in historical records.[2]
- Giordano Pierleoni founds the revolutionary Commune of Rome.
- The Byzantines fail to reconquer Malta.
By topic
Religion
- March 12 – Pope Lucius II succeeds Pope Celestine II, as the 166th pope.
- March 22 – The first example of an anti-Semitic blood libel is recorded in England, in connection with the murder of William of Norwich.
- June 11 – The Basilica of St Denis near Paris, in the Kingdom of France, is consecrated, as the first Gothic church.
- The Priory in Lesmahagow, Scotland, is founded by the Benedictines.
- The first Knights Templar stronghold is established in the Kingdom of León and Castile.[3]
Births
- Bohemund III of Antioch (d. 1201)
- David, Earl of Huntingdon, grandson of King David I of Scotland and ancestor of Robert the Bruce (approximate date)(d. 1219)
- Empress Li Fengniang of China (d. 1200)
Deaths
- March 8 – Pope Celestine II
- March 22 – William of Norwich, English child murder victim
- May 23 – Petronilla of Lorraine, regent of Holland (b. 1082)
- July 27 – Salomea of Berg, Politically active High Duchess consort of Poland
- September – Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex
References
- ^ Picard C. (1997) La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, pp.76
- ^ Daniel Mallinus, La Yougoslavie, Éd. Artis-Historia, Brussels, 1988, D/1988/0832/27, p. 37–39.
- ^ Fletcher, R. A. (1987). "Reconquest and Crusade in Spain c. 1050-1150". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 5. 37: 31–47 [45]. JSTOR 3679149.