What is 944?
{{Year nav|944}} {{Year in various calendars|944}} {{Year article header|944}} == Events == * The city of [[Algiers]] is (re)founded by the [[Zirid]] king [[Buluggin ibn Ziri]]. * [[Abu Yazid]] starts a rebellion against the [[Fatimid|Fatimids]] in the [[Aures]] Mountains. * The [[Al-Askari Mosque]] is built in [[Samarra]]. * King [[Edmund I of England]] takes [[Northumbria]] from the [[Viking|Vikings]]. * Emperor [[Romanos I Lekapenos]] is deposed as [[Byzantine emperor]]. It was by his own sons, [[Stephen Lekapenos]] and [[Constantine Lekapenos]]. == Births == * [[Otto, Duke of Burgundy]] * [[Minamoto no Yorimitsu]] * [[Fujiwara no Sukemasa]] * [[Fujiwara no Akimitsu]] == Deaths == * [[Flaithbertach mac Inmainén]], abbot of Inis Cathaig, Ireland * [[Wilgred of Lindisfarne]], Bishop of Lindisfarne * [[Abu Mansur Al Maturidi]], Muslim theologian * [[Ngo Quyen]], Vietnamese prefect and general * [[Wichmann the Elder]], Saxon nobleman * [[Donnchad Donn]], King of Ireland [[Category:944| ]]