1744

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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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: 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.
* Madame Anne Brillon is born.

Ongoing events

* War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748).

Births

* 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)
* 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)

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Deaths

* January 23 - Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1668)
* January 26 - Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
* 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)
* 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 of France (b. 1717)

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