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    1744 (MDCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1744th year...
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    Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most...
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    Conti on 20 April 1744. After coming down out of the Alps, Prince Conti began his advance into Piedmont on 5 July 1744. On 19 July 1744, the Gallispan army...
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  • 1744 White Alto is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language comedy crime drama film written and directed by Senna Hegde. The film starsSharafudheen, Rajesh Madhavan...
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  • Lewis Theobald /ˈtɪbəld/ (baptised 2 April 1688 – 18 September 1744), English textual editor and author, was a landmark figure both in the history of Shakespearean...
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    Southern Pacific No. 1744 is a preserved American class "M-6" 2-6-0 "Mogul" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Southern...
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    Schlesischer Krieg) was a war between Prussia and Austria that lasted from 1744 to 1745 and confirmed Prussia's control of the region of Silesia (now in...
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  • the 1706 Establishment at Chatham Dockyard, relaunching on 20 May 1718. In 1744 she was reduced to a fifth rate and renamed HMS Enterprise. HMS Norwich took...
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  • challenged and removed. Find sources: "Administrative divisions of Russia in 1728–1744" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how...
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    Thérèse de 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...
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  • 1744—Vyborg Governorate was formed on the recently acquired parts of Finland; also included portions of St. Petersburg Governorate. 1744—Orenburg Governorate...
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    The Great Comet of 1744, whose official designation is C/1743 X1, and which is also known as Comet de Chéseaux or Comet Klinkenberg-Chéseaux, was a spectacular...
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    Elbridge Gerry (/ˈɡɛri/; July 17, 1744 – November 23, 1814) was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and diplomat who served as the fifth...
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  • William Acton (c. 1684–1744), of Bramford Hall, Suffolk, was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1734. Acton was...
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  • 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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    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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    Eleonore Wilhelmine Josepha of Austria (18 September 1718 – 16 December 1744) was a member of the House of Habsburg who governed the Austrian Netherlands...
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  • … 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music...
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    – 24 July 1774), known as Lady Caroline Lennox before 1744 and as Lady Caroline Fox from 1744 to 1762, was the eldest of the Lennox sisters. The Lennox...
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  • but gives a different list. The earliest known match scorecards date from 1744 but few have been found before 1772. The cards for three 1772 matches have...
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    Brest fleet. As Balchen's fleet reached the English Channel on 3 October 1744, it was scattered by a large storm. At around 15:30 on 4 October, the ships...
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    Anders Celsius (category 1744 deaths)
    25 April 1744) was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled...
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    known as the Battle of Cape Sicié, took place between 21 and 22 February 1744 NS near the French Mediterranean port of Toulon. Although France was not...
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  • was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744. The works of several scholars and collectors helped document and preserve...
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    Pierre Lepautre (4 March 1659 – 22 January 1744) was a French sculptor, a member of a prolific family of artists in many media, who were active in the...
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    sequel, Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, were published by Mary Cooper in 1744. Publisher John Newbery's stepson, Thomas Carnan, was the first to use the...
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    John Adams (February 1, 1745 [O.S. January 21, 1744] – March 26, 1849) was an American shoemaker, veteran of the American Revolution and centenarian who...
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    of the administrative division of Russia 1708–1710 1710–1713 1713–1714 1714–1717 1717–1719 1719–1725 1725–1726 1726–1727 1727–1728 1728–1744 1744–1764...
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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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    principality within the Holy Roman Empire, enjoying Imperial immediacy, in 1744. The county of Waldenburg was added to the principality in 1757. It was mediatised...
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