1344

Year 1344 was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1344

* King Edward III of England introduces three new gold coins, the florin, leopard, and helm. Unfortunately the amount of gold in the coins does not match their value of 6 shillings, 3 shillings, and 1 shilling and sixpence, so they have to be withdrawn and mostly melted down by August of this year.
* Vesse, the rebel King of Saaremaa Island in Estonia, is hanged.
* Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec civilization, is founded.
* Bablake School was founded in Coventry, England by
*Famine in China.

Births

* February 9 - Meinhard III, Count of Tyrol (d. 1363)
* September 18 - Marie Valois, daughter of King John II of France (d. 1404)
* October 10 - Mary Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1362)
*"date unknown"
**Beatrix of Bavaria, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1359)
**Azzo X d'Este, condottiero (d. 1415)
**John I, Count of La Marche (d. 1393)
**Parameswara, Malay Srivijayan prince (d. 1424)

Deaths

* January 11 - Thomas Charlton, bishop and Lord High Treasurer of England
* January 30 - William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury (b.1301)
* April 17 - Gosdantin II of Armenia
* July 11 - Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg (b. c. 1286)
*"date unknown"
**Gersonides, French rabbi and mathematician (b. 1288)
**Raoul I of Brienne, Count of Eu
**Wajih ad-Din Mas'ud, leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar
*"probable" - Simone Martini, Sienese painter (b. 1284)