1444
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s |
| Years: | 1441 1442 1443 - 1444 - 1445 1446 1447 |
| 1444 in other calendars | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1444 |
| Ab urbe condita | 2197 |
| Chinese calendar | 4080 – 4081 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5203 – 5204 |
| Hindu calendars – Vikram Samvat – Shaka Samvat – Kali Yuga |
1499 – 1500 1366 – 1367 4545 – 4546 |
| Iranian calendar | 822 – 823 |
| Islamic calendar | 864 – 865 |
| Runic calendar | 1694 |
Year 1444was a leap year. It started on a Wednesday.
[change] Events
- March 2 - The Albanian League started in Lezha; Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg becomes leader of the Albanian resistance
- April 16 - Truce of Tours begins between England and France
- June 15 - Cosimo de' Medici starts the Laurentian Library.
- August 26 - Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs in the Old Zürich War.
- August - Murad II abdicates because of defeat at the Battle of Jalowaz.
- November 10 - Battle of Varna. King Ladislas of Poland and Hungary is killed.
- The Sultan of Egypt fails to take Rhodes from the Knights of Rhodes
- The Iguvine Tables are discovered at Gubbio, Italy
- Portuguese explorers reach the mouth of the Senegal river and the Gambia river.
- The Mercado de Escravos, the first European slave market for selling African Slaves, opens in Lagos, Portugal.
- A fire occurs at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
[change] Births
- January 24 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Italian duke (died 1476)
- March 1 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian artist (died 1510) (born 1444 or 1445)
- March 11 - Donato Bramante, Italian architect (died 1514)
- John de Mowbray, English duke (died 1476)
- Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian mathematician and astronomer (died 1544)
[change] Deaths
- February 14 - Henriette of Mömpelgard,countess (born 1387)
- March 9 - Leonardo Bruni, Italian humanist (born 1374)
- April 26 - Robert Campin, Flemish artist (born 1378)
- May 20 - Bernardino of Siena, Italian saint and missionary (born 1380)
- May 27 - John Beaufort, English duke and military leader (born 1404)
- October 15 - Niccolò Piccinino, Italian mercenary (born 1386)
- November 10 - King Wladislaus III, king of Poland (born 1424)
- November 25 - Martin Gouge, French chancellor

