1444
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| 1444 in poetry |
| 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) 4141 or 3934 — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4142 or 3935 |
| 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
- March 1 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (died 1510) Birth year is conflicting. See also: 1445
- March 2 - The Albanian League is established in Lezha; Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg proclaimed commander of the Albanian resistance
- April 16 - Truce of Tours. Five Year Truce between England and France
- June 15 - Cosimo de' Medici founds the Laurentian Library.
- August - Defeat at the Battle of Jalowaz forces Murad II to abdicate in favor of his son Mehmed II .
- August 26 - Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs in the Old Zürich War. Charles VII of France, seeking to send away troublesome troops made idle by the truce with England, sends his son the Dauphin with a large army into Switzerland to support the claims of Emperor Frederick III. The massively outnumbered Swiss force is destroyed in this battle, but inflict such casualties on the French that they withdraw.
- November 10 - Battle of Varna. The crusading forces of King Ladislas of Poland and Hungary are crushed by the Turks under Sultan Murad II. Ladislas is killed.
- Forces of the Sultan of Egypt fail to take Rhodes from the Knights of Rhodes
- Iguvine Tables discovered at Gubbio, Italy
- Portuguese explorers reach the mouth of the rivers Senegal and Gambia.
- A serious fire occurs at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Births
- January 24 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (died 1476)
- March 11 - Donato Bramante, Italian architect (died 1514)
- date unknown
- John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (died 1476)
- Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian mathematician and astronomer (died 1544)
Deaths
- February 14 - Henriette of Mömpelgard, countess of Mömpelgard and regent of Württemberg (born 1387)
- March 9 - Leonardo Bruni, Italian humanist (born 1374)
- April 26 - Robert Campin, Flemish painter (born 1378)
- May 20 - Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (b. 1380)
- May 27 - John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (born 1404)
- October 15 - Niccolò Piccinino, Italian mercenary (born 1386)
- November 10 - King Wladislaus III of Poland (killed in battle) (born 1424)
- November 25 - Martin Gouge, French chancellor
Trivia
1444 in Roman Numerals is MCDXLIV and, excluding the BC years, this year is the first year to use every letter in the Roman numbering system. ru-sib:1444