944

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	910s  920s  930s  – 940s –  950s  960s  970s
Years:	941 942 943 – 944 – 945 946 947

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  The "Holy Mandylion" with the face of Jesus

944 (CMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 1st millennium, the 44th year of the 10th century, and the 5th year of the 940s decade. As of the start of 944, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• The city of Algiers is (re)founded by the Zirid king Buluggin ibn Ziri.
• Abu Yazid starts a rebellion against the Fatimids in the Aures Mountains.
• The Al-Askari Mosque is built in Samarra.
• King Edmund I of England takes Northumbria from the Vikings.
• Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos is deposed as Byzantine emperor. It was by his own sons, Stephen Lekapenos and Constantine Lekapenos.

Births

• Otto, Duke of Burgundy
• Minamoto no Yorimitsu
• Fujiwara no Sukemasa
• Fujiwara no Akimitsu

Deaths

• Flaithbertach mac Inmainén, abbot of Inis Cathaig, Ireland
• Wilgred of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne
• Abu Mansur Al Maturidi, Muslim theologian
• Ngo Quyen, Vietnamese prefect and general
• Wichmann the Elder, Saxon nobleman
• Donnchad Donn, King of Ireland