1744
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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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[edit] Events of 1744
[edit] January - June
- January 24 - The Dagohoy Rebellion begins with the killing of Father Giuseppe Lamberti.
- February 22–February 23 - British fleet defeated by a Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Toulon.
- March 15 - France declares war on Great Britain.
- April 20 - At the 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.
[edit] July - December
- July 19 - Battle of Casteldelfino, between France and the Kingdom of Sardinia.
- September 30 - In the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Ongoing events
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1744 MDCCXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2497 |
| Armenian calendar | 1193 ԹՎ ՌՃՂԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -100 – -99 |
| Berber calendar | 2694 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2288 |
| Burmese calendar | 1106 |
| 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) |
| 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 (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)
- May 21 - Samuel Ireland, British author and engraver (died 1800)
- 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)
- See also Category: 1744 births.
[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)
- August 26 - William Byrd II, prominent planter from Virginia (born 1674)
- 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)
- See also Category: 1744 deaths.
