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
July - December
Undated
Ongoing events
Births
- 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 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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