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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.
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Events
- 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.
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Births
- Bohemund III of Antioch (d. 1201)
Deaths
- March 8 — Pope Celestine II
- September — Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex
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