44

This page is about the year 44. For the actual number, see 44 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	10s  20s  30s  – 40s –  50s  60s  70s
Years:	41 42 43 – 44 – 45 46 47

44 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	44 XLIV
Ab urbe condita	797
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	4794
Bahá'í calendar	-1800–-1799
Bengali calendar	-549
Berber calendar	994
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	588
Burmese calendar	-594
Byzantine calendar	5552–5553
Chinese calendar	癸卯年十一月十二日 (2680/2740-11-12) — to — 甲辰年十一月廿三日 (2681/2741-11-23)
Coptic calendar	-240–-239
Ethiopian calendar	36–37
Hebrew calendar	3804–3805
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	100–101
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3145–3146
Holocene calendar	10044
Iranian calendar	578 BP – 577 BP
Islamic calendar	596 BH – 595 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2377
Minguo calendar	1868 before ROC 民前1868年
Thai solar calendar	587

44 is a year in the 1st century. It was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Crispus and Taurus.

Events

• The emperor Claudius returns from his British campaign. The southeast part of Britannia is now held by the Roman Empire.
• Boudicca marries Prasutagus, king of the British Celtic tribe the Iceni
• Mauretania becomes a Roman province
• The Isle of Rhodes returns to the Roman Empire
• Judaea is controlled by Roman governors
• Cuspius Fadus stops the revolt of Theudas

Births

• Fictional Jacob (Lost) and fictional Man in Black (Lost) were born on an island in the South Pacific Ocean

Deaths

• Saint James the Great
• Agrippa I of Judea (b. 10 BC)
• Claudia Julia
• Wu Han, general of Han Dynasty