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.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 9th century10th century11th century
Decades: 910s  920s  930s  – 940s –  950s  960s  970s
Years: 941 942 943944945 946 947
944 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar944
CMXLIV
Ab urbe condita1697
Armenian calendar393
ԹՎ ՅՂԳ
Assyrian calendar5694
Balinese saka calendar865–866
Bengali calendar351
Berber calendar1894
Buddhist calendar1488
Burmese calendar306
Byzantine calendar6452–6453
Chinese calendar癸卯(Water Rabbit)
3640 or 3580
    — to —
甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
3641 or 3581
Coptic calendar660–661
Discordian calendar2110
Ethiopian calendar936–937
Hebrew calendar4704–4705
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1000–1001
 - Shaka Samvat865–866
 - Kali Yuga4044–4045
Holocene calendar10944
Iranian calendar322–323
Islamic calendar332–333
Japanese calendarTengyō 7
(天慶7年)
Javanese calendar844–845
Julian calendar944
CMXLIV
Korean calendar3277
Minguo calendar968 before ROC
民前968年
Nanakshahi calendar−524
Seleucid era1255/1256 AG
Thai solar calendar1486–1487
Tibetan calendar阴水兔年
(female Water-Rabbit)
1070 or 689 or −83
    — to —
阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
1071 or 690 or −82

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