This article is about the year 1244.

Events

• Dogen Zenji establishes the Eiheiji temple in Japan, in doing so founding the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism.
• Sultan Malik al-Muattam razes the city walls of Jerusalem.
• James I of Aragon reconquers Altea, Spain.
• Surrender of the Cathars of Montségur after a nine month siege

Births

• June 24 - Henry I of Hesse (d. 1308)

Deaths

• March 1 - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, eldest, illegitimate son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200)

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