1144
year
1144 (MCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1144th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 144th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 12th century, and the 5th year of the 1140s decade. As of the start of 1144, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1110s 1120s 1130s – 1140s – 1150s 1160s 1170s |
| Years: | 1141 1142 1143 – 1144 – 1145 1146 1147 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1144 MCXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1897 |
| Armenian calendar | 593 ԹՎ ՇՂԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5894 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1065–1066 |
| Bengali calendar | 551 |
| Berber calendar | 2094 |
| English Regnal year | 9 Ste. 1 – 10 Ste. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1688 |
| Burmese calendar | 506 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6652–6653 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 3840 or 3780 — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 3841 or 3781 |
| Coptic calendar | 860–861 |
| Discordian calendar | 2310 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1136–1137 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4904–4905 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1200–1201 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1065–1066 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4244–4245 |
| Holocene calendar | 11144 |
| Igbo calendar | 144–145 |
| Iranian calendar | 522–523 |
| Islamic calendar | 538–539 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōji 3 / Ten'yō 1 (天養元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1050–1051 |
| Julian calendar | 1144 MCXLIV |
| Korean calendar | 3477 |
| Minguo calendar | 768 before ROC 民前768年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −324 |
| Seleucid era | 1455/1456 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1686–1687 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 1270 or 889 or 117 — to — 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1271 or 890 or 118 |
Events
change- Louis VII surrenders to Pope Celestine II and so received a blessing from the pope
- March 12 — Pope Lucius II becomes Pope over Pope Celestine II as the 166th pope.
- December 24 — County of Edessa is beaten by Zengi (see Siege of Edessa).
- Montauban, France, is started.
- Normandy comes under Angevin control through Geoffrey of Anjou.
- Giordano Pierleoni starts the revolutionary Commune of Rome.
- Manuel I Comnenus brings Raymond, Prince of Antioch, under Byzantine influence.
- The Priory in Lesmahagow is started by Benedictine monks.