1744
Years:
1741 1742 1743 - 1744 - 1745 1746 1747Decades:
1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770sCenturies:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century
1744 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada - Science
Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders ---- From Categories:
births - deaths
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
Ongoing events
Births
- January 10 - Thomas Mifflin, fifth President of the United States in Congress assembled under the Articles of Confederation
- 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)
- July 17 - Elbridge Gerry, American politician (d. 1814)
- 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)
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
- April 25 - Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer (b. 1701)
- May 30 - Alexander Pope, English writer (b. 1688)
- June 29 - Andre Campra, French composer (b. 1660)
- 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)
- 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)