This article is about the year 44. For the number 44, see 44 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 10s 20s 30s – 40s – 50s 60s 70s |
| Years: | 41 42 43 – 44 – 45 46 47 |
| 44 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 44 XLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 797 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1800 – -1799 |
| Bengali calendar | -549 |
| Berber calendar | 994 |
| Buddhist calendar | 588 |
| Burmese calendar | -594 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5552 – 5553 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年十一月十二日 (2680/2740-11-12) — to —
甲辰年十一月廿三日(2681/2741-11-23) |
| Coptic calendar | -240 – -239 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 36 – 37 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3804 – 3805 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 99 – 100 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3145 – 3146 |
| Holocene calendar | 10044 |
| Iranian calendar | 578 BP – 577 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 596 BH – 595 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2377 |
| Thai solar calendar | 587 |
Year 44 (XLIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Consuls are Titus Statilius Taurus and Gaius Sallustius Crispus Passienus'
- The emperor Claudius returns from his British campaign in triumph, the southeast part of Britain now held by the Roman Empire, but the war will rage for another decade and a half.
- Mauretania becomes a Roman province.
- The Isle of Rhodes returns to the Roman Empire.
- With the death of Herod Agrippa, who may have been poisoned by the Romans, udaea is controlled by Roman governors.
- Cuspius Fadus, governor of Judea (44–46), suppresses the revolt of Theudas who is decapitated.
By topic
Arts and sciences
- Pomponius Mela writes De situ orbis, a geography of the Earth.
Births
Deaths
- Saint James the Great (martyrdom)
- Agrippa I of Judea
- Claudia Julia, executed niece of Claudius and Messalina (or 43/45)
- Wu Han, general of Han Dynasty
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