1244

1244 (MCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1244th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 244th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 13th century, and the 5th year of the 1240s decade. As of the start of 1244, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1210s  1220s  1230s  – 1240s –  1250s  1260s  1270s
Years:	1241 1242 1243 – 1244 – 1245 1246 1247

1244 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1244 MCCXLIV
Ab urbe condita	1997
Armenian calendar	693 ԹՎ ՈՂԳ
Assyrian calendar	5994
Balinese saka calendar	1165–1166
Bengali calendar	651
Berber calendar	2194
English Regnal year	28 Hen. 3 – 29 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1788
Burmese calendar	606
Byzantine calendar	6752–6753
Chinese calendar	癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 3940 or 3880     — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 3941 or 3881
Coptic calendar	960–961
Discordian calendar	2410
Ethiopian calendar	1236–1237
Hebrew calendar	5004–5005
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1300–1301
- Shaka Samvat	1165–1166
- Kali Yuga	4344–4345
Holocene calendar	11244
Igbo calendar	244–245
Iranian calendar	622–623
Islamic calendar	641–642
Japanese calendar	Kangen 2 (寛元２年)
Javanese calendar	1153–1154
Julian calendar	1244 MCCXLIV
Korean calendar	3577
Minguo calendar	668 before ROC 民前668年
Nanakshahi calendar	−224
Thai solar calendar	1786–1787
Tibetan calendar	阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 1370 or 989 or 217     — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 1371 or 990 or 218

Events

• Dogen Zenji establishes the Eiheiji temple in Japan, in doing so founding the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism.
• Sultan Malik al-Muattam razes city walls.
• James I of Aragon reconquers Altea, Spain.