1244

'Years:' 1241 1242 1243 - 1244 - 1245 1246 1247

'Decades:' 1210s 1220s 1230s - '1240s' - 1250s 1260s 1270s

'Centuries:' 12th century - '13th century' - 14th century

This article is about the year '1244'.

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Dogen Zenji establishes the Eiheiji temple in Japan, in doing so founding the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism.

★ Sultan Malik al-Muattam razes the city walls of Jerusalem.

★ James I of Aragon reconquers Altea, Spain.

★ Surrender of the Cathars of Montségur after a nine month siege

Births

★ June 24 - Henry I of Hesse (d. 1308)

Deaths

★ March 1 - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, eldest, illegitimate son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200)

★ Jeanne, Countess of Flanders and Hainault(b. 1199/1200)