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What Happened In Year 1744?

• February 22, 1744 – War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon begins.
• July 4, 1744 – The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois ceded lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, is signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
• September 30, 1744 – France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo.

Who Were Born In The Year 1744?

• February 5, 1744 – John Jeffries, Physician, Surgeon, Balloonist (d. 1819)
• February 6, 1744 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795)
• February 10, 1744 – William Cornwallis, Royal Navy admiral (d.1819)
• February 23, 1744 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (d. 1812)
• April 22, 1744 – James Sullivan, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1808)
• May 19, 1744 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born wife of King George III of the United Kingdom (d. 1818)
• June 4, 1744 – Patrick Ferguson, Scottish officer in the British Army and rifle designer (d. 1780)
• July 17, 1744 – Elbridge Gerry, 5th Vice President of the United States (d. 1814)
• July 19, 1744 – Heinrich Christian Boie, German author (d. 1806)
• August 1, 1744 – Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (d. 1829)
• August 10, 1744 – Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles, French daughter of Madame de Pompadour (d. 1754)
• August 25, 1744 – Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (d. 1803)
• September 25, 1744 – Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1797)
• October 6, 1744 – James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)
• October 7, 1744 – Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (d. 1819)
• October 27, 1744 – Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)
• November 11, 1744 – Abigail Adams, First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)

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