44

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

44 (XLIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 44th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 44th year of the 1st millennium, the 44th year of the 1st century, and the 5th year of the 40s decade. As of the start of 44, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days behind the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

AD 44 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 44 XLIV
Ab urbe condita	797
Assyrian calendar	4794
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−549
Berber calendar	994
Buddhist calendar	588
Burmese calendar	−594
Byzantine calendar	5552–5553
Chinese calendar	癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2740 or 2680     — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2741 or 2681
Coptic calendar	−240 – −239
Discordian calendar	1210
Ethiopian calendar	36–37
Hebrew calendar	3804–3805
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	100–101
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3144–3145
Holocene calendar	10044
Iranian calendar	578 BP – 577 BP
Islamic calendar	596 BH – 595 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 44 XLIV
Korean calendar	2377
Minguo calendar	1868 before ROC 民前1868年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1424
Seleucid era	355/356 AG
Thai solar calendar	586–587
Tibetan calendar	ཆུ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Water-Hare) 170 or −211 or −983     — to — ཤིང་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Wood-Dragon) 171 or −210 or −982

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