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Birth
1744 Birth, Marriage, Death in the UK 1744- 1744
- 1744
- 1744
1744
| 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
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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).
Contents
- 1 Events of 1744
- 1.1 January - June
- 1.2 July - December
- 1.3 Undated
- 1.4 Ongoing events
- 2 Births
- 3 Deaths
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- 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 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.
- 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.
- War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748).
1744 in other calendars
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| - 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 |
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- 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)
- See also Category: 1744 births.
- 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)
- See also Category: 1744 deaths.
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