| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1710s 1720s 1730s – 1740s – 1750s 1760s 1770s |
| Years: | 1741 1742 1743 – 1744 – 1745 1746 1747 |
| 1744 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature (Poetry) – Music – Science |
| Countries: Canada – Great Britain – |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1744 (MDCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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Events of 1744
January–June
- January 24 – The Dagohoy Rebellion begins with the killing of Father Giuseppe Lamberti.
- February 22–February 23 – Battle of Toulon: The British fleet is defeated by a Franco-Spanish fleet.
- March 15 – France declares war on Great Britain.
- April 20 – Battle of Villafranca (1744): A joint French and Spanish force defeats Britain and Sardinia.
- June 28 – Catherine the Great is received into the Russian Orthodox Church.
July–December
- July 19 – Battle of Casteldelfino: France defeats the Kingdom of Sardinia.
- September 30 – Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo: France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia.
Undated
- The third French and Indian War, known as King George's War, breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia.
- The First Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud.
- Prague is occupied by Prussian armies.
Ongoing events
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1744 MDCCXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2497 |
| Armenian calendar | 1193 ԹՎ ՌՃՂԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -100 – -99 |
| Bengali calendar | 1151 |
| Berber calendar | 2694 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2288 |
| Burmese calendar | 1106 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7252 – 7253 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸亥年十一月十七日 (4380/4440-11-17) — to —
甲子年十一月廿八日(4381/4441-11-28) |
| Coptic calendar | 1460 – 1461 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1736 – 1737 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5504 – 5505 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1799 – 1800 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1666 – 1667 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4845 – 4846 |
| Holocene calendar | 11744 |
| Iranian calendar | 1122 – 1123 |
| Islamic calendar | 1156 – 1157 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanpō 4Enkyō 1 (延享元年) |
| Korean calendar | 4077 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2287 |
- January 10 – Thomas Mifflin, fifth President of the United States in Congress assembled under the Articles of Confederation (d. 1800)
- February 6 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795)
- May 19 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of George III of Great Britain (d. 1818)
- May 21 – Samuel Ireland, British author and engraver (d. 1800)
- May 31 – Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish, politician writer and inventor (d. 1817)
- July 17 – Elbridge Gerry, American politician (d. 1814)
- July 20 – Joshua Clayton, American politician (d. 1798)
- August 1 – Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist (d. 1829)
- August 25 – Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (d. 1803)
- September 25 – King Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1797)
- November 11 – Abigail Adams, wife of American President John Adams (d. 1818)
Deaths
- January 23 – Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1668)
- January 26 – Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
- February 11 – Hedvig Taube
- March 3 – Jean Barbeyrac, French jurist (b. 1674)
- April 25 – Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer (b. 1701)
- May 30 – Alexander Pope, English writer (b. 1688)
- June 29 – André Campra, French composer (b. 1660)
- July – Mihai Racoviţă, Prince of Moldavia and Prince of Wallachia
- August 9 – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (b. 1673)
- August 13 – John Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678)
- August 26 – William Byrd II, prominent planter from Virginia (b. 1674)
- September 28 – Princess Thérèse of France, estranged daughter of Louis XV of France (b.1736)
- October 18 – Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, English friend of Anne of England (b. 1660)
- October 31 – Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (b. 1694)
- December 8 – Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV (b. 1717)
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