AD 44

AD 44 (XLIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Crispus and Taurus (or, less frequently, year 797 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 44 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Roman Empire

 * Emperor Claudius returns from his British campaign in triumph, the southeast part of Britannia now held by the Roman Empire, but the war will rage for another decade and a half.
 * Boudicca marries Prasutagus, king of the British Celtic tribe the Iceni (doubtful).
 * Mauretania becomes a Roman province.
 * The Isle of Rhodes returns to the Roman Empire.
 * Judaea is controlled by Roman governors.
 * (Approximate date, may be as late as 48) A famine takes place in Judea.
 * Cuspius Fadus (Roman governor of Judea) suppresses the revolt of Theudas, who is decapitated.

Korea

 * Minjung becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.

Arts and Science

 * Pomponius Mela writes De situ orbis, a geography of the Earth.

Deaths

 * Daemusin, Korean ruler of Goguryeo
 * Herod Agrippa I, king of Judea (b. 11 BC)
 * James the Great, apostle of Jesus (executed by the order of King Agrippa I)
 * Wu Han, general of the Han Dynasty