1744
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Decades: | 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s |
Years: | 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 |
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Gregorian calendar | 1744 MDCCXLIV |
Ab urbe condita | 2497 |
Armenian calendar | 1193 ԹՎ ՌՃՂԳ |
Chinese calendar | 4380/4440-11-17 (癸亥年十一月十七日) — to —
4381/4441-11-28(甲子年十一月廿八日) |
Ethiopian calendar | 1736 – 1737 |
Hebrew calendar | 5504 – 5505 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1799 – 1800 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1666 – 1667 |
- Kali Yuga | 4845 – 4846 |
Iranian calendar | 1122 – 1123 |
Islamic calendar | 1157 – 1158 |
Japanese calendar | Kanpō 4 (寛保4年) — changed to —
Enkyō 1(延享元年) |
- Imperial Year | Kōki 2404 (皇紀2404年) |
- Jōmon Era | 11744 |
Thai solar calendar | 2287 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- The third French and Indian War, known as "King George's War," breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia
- The First Saudi State founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
- Prague occupied by Prussian armies
[edit] Ongoing events
[edit] Births
- January 10 - Thomas Mifflin, fifth President of the United States in Congress assembled under the Articles of Confederation (died 1800)
- February 6 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (died 1795)
- May 19 - Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of George III of Great Britain (died 1818)
- July 17 - Elbridge Gerry, American politician (died 1814)
- July 20 - Joshua Clayton, American politician (died 1798)
- August 1 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist (died 1829)
- August 25 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (died 1803)
- September 25 - King Frederick William II of Prussia (died 1797)
- November 11 - Abigail Adams, wife of American President John Adams (died 1818)
- Unknown - Meriwether Lewis, friend of American President Thomas Jefferson and commander of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (died 1809)
[edit] Deaths
- January 23 - Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (born 1668)
- January 26 - Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (born 1683)
- March 3 - Jean Barbeyrac, French jurist (born 1674)
- April 25 - Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer (born 1701)
- May 30 - Alexander Pope, English writer (born 1688)
- June 29 - André Campra, French composer (born 1660)
- July - Mihai Racoviţă, Prince of Moldavia and Prince of Wallachia
- August 9 - James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (born 1673)
- August 13 - John Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (born 1678)
- October 18 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, English friend of Anne of England (born 1660)
- October 31 - Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (born 1694)
- December 8 - Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France (born 1717)