• Events from the year 1744 in France Monarch – Louis XV 30 September – Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo Planned French invasion of Britain 8 November – Pierre...
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    France (Marie Thérèse Félicité; 16 May 1736 – 28 September 1744) was a French princess, a fille de France, as the daughter of King Louis XV of France...
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    Violent storms frustrate a planned French invasion of Britain. March 1 (approximately) – The Great Comet of 1744, one of the brightest ever seen, reaches...
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    An invasion of Great Britain was planned by France in 1744 shortly after the declaration of war between them as part of the War of the Austrian Succession...
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    May and 4 June 1744 during the War of the Austrian Succession, and was the first battle fought in the Austrian Netherlands. A French army under the nominal...
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    Toulon took place on 21 and 22 February 1744 NS near the French Mediterranean port of Toulon. Although France was not yet at war with Britain, ships from...
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    Events from the year 1744 in Canada. French Monarch: Louis XV British and Irish Monarch: George II Governor General of New France: Charles de la Boische...
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  • took place between 14 and 27 April 1744, during the War of the Austrian Succession. The armies of Spain and France advancing towards the Kingdom of Sardinia...
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    between 15 and 24 June 1744 during the War of the Austrian Succession. A French army under the nominal command of King Louis XV of France and operational command...
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    Invincible was originally a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy launched in October 1744. Captured on 14 May 1747, she was taken into Royal Navy service...
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  • The year 1744 in science and technology involved some significant events. Great Comet of 1744, first sighted in 1743, remains visible until April (perihelion...
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    marriage contract was signed 13 December 1744; the marriage was celebrated by proxy in Madrid on 18 December 1744 and in person at Versailles on 23 February...
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  • Claude Fauchet (historian) (1530–1602), French historian Claude Fauchet (revolutionist) (1744–1793), French bishop and revolutionist This disambiguation...
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  • events in history: The British and French colonial empires contested over Canada through several wars: Quebec expedition (1711) King George's War (1744–1748)...
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    after formal war declarations of France and Britain reached the colonies in May 1744. The frontiers between New France and the British colonies of New...
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  • Bigot (surname) (category French-language surnames)
    in Occitan Bernard Bigot (1950–2022), French physicist and chemist Christophe Bigot (born 1965), French diplomat Claude Bigot de Sainte-Croix (1744–1803)...
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  • Second Battle of Casteldelfino (category 1744 in France)
    military engagement in July 1744 during the War of the Austrian Succession between France and the Kingdom of Sardinia. An initial French offensive into Piedmont...
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  • surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744–1818), French painter Arnold Coster (born 1976), Dutch mountaineers Charles Coster...
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  • Events from the year 1744 in Scotland. Secretary of State for Scotland: The Marquess of Tweeddale Lord Advocate – Robert Craigie Solicitor General for...
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  • article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1744. February 6 – Samuel Foote makes his debut as an actor as Othello at the...
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    New France (French: Nouvelle-France) was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
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    Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle (category 1744 deaths)
    Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de Châteauroux (French pronunciation: [maʁi an də maji nɛl]; 5 October 1717 – 8 December 1744) was the youngest of the five famous...
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    Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles (category 1744 births)
    d’Étiolles (10 August 1744 – 15 June 1754) was the daughter of Madame de Pompadour, the maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France. She died in childhood. Alexandrine-Jeanne...
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    [ma.ɲa.nim] was originally a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy launched in 1744 at Rochefort. Captured on 12 January 1748, she was taken into...
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    second-largest in the world after the British Empire. France began to establish colonies in the Americas, the Caribbean, and India in the 16th century...
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  • Commons Marie-Thérèse Laruette (1744–1837), French opera singer and playwright Marie-Thérèse Le Chêne (1890–?), French Special Operations Executive agent...
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  • Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo (category 1744 in France)
    Cuneo on 30 September 1744, in the War of the Austrian Succession. The battle ended in a victory for the armies of Spain and France over the Kingdom of...
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    by engineer-constructor Pierre-Blaise Coulomb, and launched on 30 October 1744. She carried 24 × 18-pounder guns on her lower deck, 26 × 8-pounder guns...
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  • Siegmund von Seckendorff (died 1785) December 8 – Pierre-Joseph Candeille, French composer (died 1827) date unknown Marie Barch, first native Danish ballerina...
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  • This is a timeline of French history, comprising important legal changes and political events in France and its predecessor states. To read about the...
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