44 BC
Appearance
Gregorian calendar | 44 BC XLIII BC |
Ab urbe condita | 710 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 280 |
- Pharaoh | Cleopatra VII, 8 |
Ancient Greek era | 184th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
Assyrian calendar | 4707 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −636 |
Berber calendar | 907 |
Buddhist calendar | 501 |
Burmese calendar | −681 |
Byzantine calendar | 5465–5466 |
Chinese calendar | 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 2653 or 2593 — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 2654 or 2594 |
Coptic calendar | −327 – −326 |
Discordian calendar | 1123 |
Ethiopian calendar | −51 – −50 |
Hebrew calendar | 3717–3718 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 13–14 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3057–3058 |
Holocene calendar | 9957 |
Iranian calendar | 665 BP – 664 BP |
Islamic calendar | 685 BH – 684 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | 44 BC XLIII BC |
Korean calendar | 2290 |
Minguo calendar | 1955 before ROC 民前1955年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1511 |
Seleucid era | 268/269 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 499–500 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 83 or −298 or −1070 — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 84 or −297 or −1069 |
Year 44 BC was either a common year starting on Sunday or Monday or a leap year starting on Friday or Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Antony.
Events
[change | change source]- March 15 Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome, is assassinated by a group of Roman senators. This date is known as The Ides of March.
- March 20 — Caesar's funeral.
- Early April — Octavian returns from Apollonia in Dalmatia to Rome to become ruler of Rome, against advice from his mother and stepfather Phillipus.
- June — Mark Antony promised five years of being governor of northern and central Transalpine Gaul (France) and Cisalpine Gaul (Northern Italy).
- September 2 — Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt makes her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
- Comosicus succeeds Burebista as king of Dacia.
Deaths
[change | change source]- for more information, see Category:44 BC deaths.
- March 15 — Julius Caesar assassinated in the Senate
- July 26 — Pharaoh Ptolemy XIV of Egypt (last date mentioned alive)
- Burebista, King of Dacia
- Antipater the Idumaean, procurator of Judaea and father of Herod the Great