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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).

Events of 1744

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.

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.

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.

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 (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) ť See also .

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) ť See also .

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