1744

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
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Years:	1741 1742 1743 – 1744 – 1745 1746 1747

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Year 1744 (MDCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar.

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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 1 (approximately) – The Great Comet of 1744, one of the brightest ever seen, reaches perihelion
March 15 – France declares war on Great Britain.
April 20 – Battle of Villafranca (1744): A joint French and Spanish force defeats Britain and Sardinia.
June 28 – Catherine the Great is received into the Russian Orthodox Church.

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.

January 23 – Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1668)
January 26 – Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
February 11 – Hedvig Taube, mistress to King Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1714)
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)
September 28 – Princess Thérèse of France, estranged daughter of Louis XV of France (b.1736)
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 (b. 1717)

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