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44 BC in other calendars
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

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	70s BC 60s BC 50s BC – 40s BC – 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC
Years:	47 BC 46 BC 45 BC – 44 BC – 43 BC 42 BC 41 BC

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.

for more information, see Category:44 BC deaths.

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