1344
year
1344 (MCCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1344th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 344th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 14th century, and the 5th year of the 1340s decade. As of the start of 1344, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1310s 1320s 1330s – 1340s – 1350s 1360s 1370s |
| Years: | 1341 1342 1343 – 1344 – 1345 1346 1347 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1344 MCCCXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2097 |
| Armenian calendar | 793 ԹՎ ՉՂԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6094 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1265–1266 |
| 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 | 1265–1266 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4444–4445 |
| Holocene calendar | 11344 |
| Igbo calendar | 344–345 |
| Iranian calendar | 722–723 |
| Islamic calendar | 744–745 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōei 3 (康永３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1256–1257 |
| Julian calendar | 1344 MCCCXLIV |
| Korean calendar | 3677 |
| Minguo calendar | 568 before ROC 民前568年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −124 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1886–1887 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 1470 or 1089 or 317 — to — 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 1471 or 1090 or 318 |
Events
change- English king Edward III creates three new gold coins, the florin. leopard, and helm. Unfortunately the amount of gold in the coins is different from their worth of six shillings, three shillings, one shilling, and sixpence. Because of this, they had to be taken back and many were melted down by August.
Births
change- Meinhard III, Count of Tyrol
- Parameswara, Malay Srivijayan prince (died 1424)
Deaths
change- Constantine IV of Armenia
- Gersonides, French rabbi and mathematician (born 1288)
- Jaghmini, Persian physician
- Simone Martini, Sienese painter (born 1284)
- William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury (born 1301)