1244

Year 1244 (MCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century 13th century 14th century
Decades:	1220s 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s
Years:	1241 1242 1243 1244 1245 1246 1247

1244 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1244 MCCXLIV
Ab urbe condita	1997
Armenian calendar	693 ԹՎ ՈՂԳ
Assyrian calendar	5994
Balinese saka calendar	1165–1166
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
Tibetan calendar	阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 1370 or 989 or 217     — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 1371 or 990 or 218

Events

• March 16 – Following their successful nine-month siege of Montségur, French royal forces burn about 210 Cathar Perfecti and credentes.
• The Christian Reconquista in Iberia enjoys a string of successes:
  • March 26 – By the Treaty of Almizra, the king of Aragon and prince of Castile come to an agreement, on the distribution of Muslim lands yet 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 conducts a series of military operations, to support the Muslim Huddite rulers of Murcia against rebel strongholds.[4]
• The Siege and Fall of Jerusalem leads 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.

• Visaladeva ascends the throne of Gujarat, formally ending the Chaulukya dynasty and beginning the Vaghela dynasty

Births

• June 24 – Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1308)
• Archbishop Henry II of Virneburg (d. 1332)
• Approximate date – Agnes Blannbekin, Austrian Beguine mystic (d. 1315)

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 – Joan, Countess of Flanders and Hainault (b. 1199 or 1200)
• date unknown
  • Eleanor of Castile, queen consort of Aragon, daughter of king Alfonso VIII and Eleonore Plantagenet
  • Witco de Perchyc, Bohemian noble (b. 1177)

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.