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)

See also Category: 1744 births.

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 Racovi??, 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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