844

844 (DCCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 844th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 844th year of the 1st millennium, the 44th year of the 9th century, and the 5th year of the 840s decade. As of the start of 844, the Gregorian calendar was 4 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century – 9th century – 10th century
Decades:	810s  820s  830s  – 840s –  850s  860s  870s
Years:	841 842 843 – 844 – 845 846 847

844 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	844 DCCCXLIV
Ab urbe condita	1597
Armenian calendar	293 ԹՎ ՄՂԳ
Assyrian calendar	5594
Balinese saka calendar	765–766
Bengali calendar	251
Berber calendar	1794
Buddhist calendar	1388
Burmese calendar	206
Byzantine calendar	6352–6353
Chinese calendar	癸亥年 (Water Pig) 3540 or 3480     — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 3541 or 3481
Coptic calendar	560–561
Discordian calendar	2010
Ethiopian calendar	836–837
Hebrew calendar	4604–4605
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	900–901
- Shaka Samvat	765–766
- Kali Yuga	3944–3945
Holocene calendar	10844
Iranian calendar	222–223
Islamic calendar	229–230
Japanese calendar	Jōwa 11 (承和１１年)
Javanese calendar	741–742
Julian calendar	844 DCCCXLIV
Korean calendar	3177
Minguo calendar	1068 before ROC 民前1068年
Nanakshahi calendar	−624
Seleucid era	1155/1156 AG
Thai solar calendar	1386–1387
Tibetan calendar	阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 970 or 589 or −183     — to — 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 971 or 590 or −182

Events

• Rhodri the Great becomes King of Gwynedd.
• Louis II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

Births

• Judith Martel

Deaths

• January 25 – Pope Gregory IV