1744: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Events

• The third French and Indian War, known as "King George's War," breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia

• War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)

• May 19 - Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen-Consort of King George III of Great Britain
• July 17 -Elbridge Gerry, American politician, for whom gerrymander was named
• August 1 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist
• September 25 - King Frederick William II of Prussia
• November 11 -Abigail Adams, wife of American President John Adams

• Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer and thermometrician
• May 30 - Alexander Pope, English satirist
• Andre Campra, French composer