944

"This article is about the year 944. For the Porsche sports car, see Porsche 944."

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Events

By Place

Africa

* The city of Algiers is (re)founded by the Zirid king Buluggin ibn Ziri.
* Abu Yazid launches a rebellion against the Fatimids in the Aures Mountains.

Asia

* The Al-Askari Mosque is built in Samarra (present-day Iraq).
* The Later Jìn Dynasty in China Sovereign Kaiyun ascends to power

Europe

* King Edmund I of England takes Northumbria from the Vikings.
* Emperor Romanos I deposed as Emperor of Byzantium

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
* Abu Mansur Al Maturidi, Muslim theologian
* Ngo Quyen, Vietnamese prefect and general
* Wichmann the Elder, Saxon nobleman
* Donnchad Donn, King of Ireland