1444
year
1444 (MCDXLIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1444th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 444th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 15th century, and the 5th year of the 1440s decade. As of the start of 1444, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1410s 1420s 1430s – 1440s – 1450s 1460s 1470s |
| Years: | 1441 1442 1443 – 1444 – 1445 1446 1447 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1444 MCDXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2197 |
| Armenian calendar | 893 ԹՎ ՊՂԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6194 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1365–1366 |
| Bengali calendar | 851 |
| Berber calendar | 2394 |
| English Regnal year | 22 Hen. 6 – 23 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1988 |
| Burmese calendar | 806 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6952–6953 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 4140 or 4080 — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4141 or 4081 |
| Coptic calendar | 1160–1161 |
| Discordian calendar | 2610 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1436–1437 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5204–5205 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1500–1501 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1365–1366 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4544–4545 |
| Holocene calendar | 11444 |
| Igbo calendar | 444–445 |
| Iranian calendar | 822–823 |
| Islamic calendar | 847–848 |
| Japanese calendar | Kakitsu 4 / Bun'an 1 (文安元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1359–1360 |
| Julian calendar | 1444 MCDXLIV |
| Korean calendar | 3777 |
| Minguo calendar | 468 before ROC 民前468年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −24 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1986–1987 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 1570 or 1189 or 417 — to — 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1571 or 1190 or 418 |
Events
change- March 2 – The Albanian League started in Lezha; Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg becomes leader of the Albanian resistance
- April 16 – Truce of Tours begins between England and France
- June 15 – Cosimo de' Medici starts the Laurentian Library.
- August 26 – Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs in the Old Zürich War.
- August – Murad II abdicates because of defeat at the Battle of Jalowaz.
- November 10 – Battle of Varna. King Ladislas of Poland and Hungary is killed.
- The Sultan of Egypt fails to take Rhodes from the Knights of Rhodes
- The Iguvine Tables are discovered at Gubbio, Italy
- Portuguese explorers reach the mouth of the Senegal river and the Gambia river.
- The Mercado de Escravos, the first European slave market for selling African Slaves, opens in Lagos, Portugal.
- A fire occurs at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Births
change- January 24 – Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Italian duke (died 1476)
- March 1 – Sandro Botticelli, Italian artist (died 1510) (born 1444 or 1445)
- March 11 – Donato Bramante, Italian architect (died 1514)
- John de Mowbray, English duke (died 1476)
- Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian mathematician and astronomer (died 1544)
Deaths
change- February 14 – Henriette of Mömpelgard,countess (born 1387)
- March 9 – Leonardo Bruni, Italian humanist (born 1374)
- April 26 – Robert Campin, Flemish artist (born 1378)
- May 20 – Bernardino of Siena, Italian saint and missionary (born 1380)
- May 27 – John Beaufort, English duke and military leader (born 1404)
- October 15 – Niccolò Piccinino, Italian mercenary (born 1386)
- November 10 – King Wladislaus III, king of Poland (born 1424)
- November 25 – Martin Gouge, French chancellor