944

944 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	944; CMXLIV
Ab urbe condita	1697
Armenian calendar	393; ԹՎ ՅՂԳ
Assyrian calendar	5694
Balinese saka calendar	865–866
Bengali calendar	351
Berber calendar	1894
Buddhist calendar	1488
Burmese calendar	306
Byzantine calendar	6452–6453
Chinese calendar	癸卯年 (Water Rabbit); 3640 or 3580; — to —; 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon); 3641 or 3581
Coptic calendar	660–661
Discordian calendar	2110
Ethiopian calendar	936–937
Hebrew calendar	4704–4705
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1000–1001
- Shaka Samvat	865–866
- Kali Yuga	4044–4045
Holocene calendar	10944
Iranian calendar	322–323
Islamic calendar	332–333
Japanese calendar	Tengyō 7; (天慶７年)
Javanese calendar	844–845
Julian calendar	944; CMXLIV
Korean calendar	3277
Minguo calendar	968 before ROC; 民前968年
Nanakshahi calendar	−524
Seleucid era	1255/1256 AG
Thai solar calendar	1486–1487
Tibetan calendar	阴水兔年; (female Water-Rabbit); 1070 or 689 or −83; — to —; 阳木龙年; (male Wood-Dragon); 1071 or 690 or −82

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	910s 920s 930s – 940s – 950s 960s 970s
Years:	941 942 943 – 944 – 945 946 947

944 (CMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 1st millennium, the 44th year of the 10th century, and the 5th year of the 940s decade. As of the start of 944, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

The city of Algiers is (re)founded by the Zirid king Buluggin ibn Ziri.
Abu Yazid starts a rebellion against the Fatimids in the Aures Mountains.
The Al-Askari Mosque is built in Samarra.
King Edmund I of England takes Northumbria from the Vikings.
Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos is deposed as Byzantine emperor. It was by his own sons, Stephen Lekapenos and Constantine Lekapenos.