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Calendar overview 944
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| 944 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 392/393 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 936/937 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1487/88 (southern Buddhism); 1486/87 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 60th (61st) cycle
Year of the wood dragon甲辰 ( at the beginning of the year water rabbit 癸卯) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 306/307 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 322/323 |
| Islamic calendar | 332/333 (turn of the year 23/24 August) |
| Jewish calendar | 4704/05 (September 20/21) |
| Coptic calendar | 660/661 |
| Malayalam calendar | 119/120 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MDCXCVII (1697)
Diocletian's era : 660/661 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1254/55 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1255/56 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 982 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 1000/01 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Europe
- December: Emperor Romanos I is deposed by his sons in agreement with co-emperor Constantine VII . In the power struggle that ensued, Constantine was finally able to prevail. He makes Bardas Phokas the highest general in the east of the Byzantine Empire . His nephew Leon Phokas becomes the military governor of Cappadocia .
- Peace treaty between the Kievan Rus and the Byzantine Empire
- Conrad, Duke of Lorraine is from the East Frankish King I. Otto as Duke of Lotharingien used.
North africa
- Abū Yazīd Machlad ibn Kaidād continues his revolt against the Fatimids in Ifrīqiya . He conquered several cities, including Kairouan on October 15 , where he had the Fatimid commander and the Ismaili Qadī of the city executed. He then besieged the caliph al-Qa'im bi-amri llah in al-Mahdiya . However, this can assert itself in its capital with the help of the fleet.
Asia
First documentary mentions
- Brouilla , Hecklingen and Helmarshausen are first mentioned in a document.
Born
- Abū l-Laith as-Samarqandī , Hanafi Faqih and high school theologian (d. 983 )
- Eticho , Bishop of Augsburg († 988 )
- Fujiwara no Akimitsu , Japanese civil servant (died 1021 )
- Fujiwara no Sukemasa , Japanese court official and calligrapher (d. 998 )
- Phạm Cự Lạng , Vietnamese general (died 984 )
Died
Date of death secured
- April 23 : Wichmann I. , Count in Bardengau and Count in Wigmodien (* around 900 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Spring: Otto , Count of Verdun
- Harshavarman II , King of the Khmer Empire
- Ngô Quyền , King of Viêt Nam (* 897 )
- Abū Tāhir al-Jannābī , leader of the Qarmatians in al-Hasa and Bahrain (* 906 )
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