1144
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century · 12th century · 13th century |
| Decades: | 1110s · 1120s · 1130s · 1140s · 1150s · 1160s · 1170s |
| Years: | 1141 · 1142 · 1143 · 1144 · 1145 · 1146 · 1147 |
| 1144 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1144 MCXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1897 |
| Armenian calendar | 593 ԹՎ ՇՂԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5894 |
| 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 |
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Year 1144 (MCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Africa
- Death of the Catalan mercenary Reverter de La Guardia, main Almoravid commander in the Maghrid al-Aqsa. His elimination opens the regions to the troops of the Almohads.[1]
Asia
- December 24 – The County of Edessa falls to Zengi of Mosul (see Siege of Edessa). Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch, sends Bishop Hugh of Jabala to seek the aid of Pope Eugene III while Manuel I Comnenus brings Raymond under Byzantine influence.
Europe
- Louis VII capitulates to Pope Celestine II and so earns the pope's absolution.
- Normandy comes under Angevin control under Geoffrey of Anjou.
- The city of Montauban, France, is founded.
- The city of Ljubljana, Slovenia, is first mentioned in historical records.[2]
- Giordano Pierleoni founds the revolutionary Commune of Rome.
- Failed Byzantine attempt to reconquer Malta.
By topic
Religion
- March 12 – Pope Lucius II succeeds Pope Celestine II as the 166th pope.
- March 22 – The first example of an anti-Semitic blood libel is recorded in England, in connection with the murder of William of Norwich.
- June 11 – Basilica of St Denis near Paris in the Kingdom of France is consecrated, the first Gothic church.
- The Priory in Lesmahagow, Scotland, is founded by Benedictines.
- First Knights Templar stronghold is established in the kingdom of León and Castile.[3]
Births
Deaths
Pope Celestine II died on March 8, 1144
- March 8 – Pope Celestine II
- March 22 – William of Norwich, child murder victim
- September – Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex
References
- ↑ Picard C. (1997) La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, pp.76
- ↑ Daniel Mallinus, La Yougoslavie, Éd. Artis-Historia, Brussels, 1988, D/1988/0832/27, p. 37–39.
- ↑ Fletcher, R. A. (1987). "Reconquest and Crusade in Spain c. 1050-1150". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 5. 37: 31–47 [45]. JSTOR 3679149.
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