Events in year of 1744
- 02-08French / Spanish fleet leaves Toulon
- 02-09Battle at Toulon (French / Spanish vs. English fleet of Admiral Matthews)
- 02-22Battle at Toulon: English-French and Spanish fleet
- 03-15French King Louis XV declares war on England
- 05-17French army takes Austrian Netherlands
- 05-31French troops conquer Kortrijk
- 06-06France and Prussia sign peace treaty
- 11-23English Premier John Carteret resigns
- 11-25Austrian forces pillage and kill Jews of Prague
People born in year of 1744
- 02-05John Jeffries: Colonial Physician / meteorologist
- 02-09Amos Bull: Composer
- 02-21Eise J Eisinga: Frisia, built planetarium Franeker
- 03-13David Allan: Scottish painter
- 05-03Freidrich Wilhelm Weis: Composer
- 05-04Marianne von Martinez: Composer
- 05-18Joseph Beer: Bohemia clarinetist / composer (5th clarinet flap)
- 05-31Richard Edgeworth: Writer, Bath
- 06-18Augustin Holler: Composer
- 07-17Elbridge Gerry: (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering
- 07-20Henri Hamal: Composer
- 08-01Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck: French zoologist
- 08-11Johann Gottlieb Schwencke: Composer
- 08-12Rowland Hill: Preacher
- 08-25Johann G von Herder: German philosopher / theologist / poet
- 09-15Georg Ritschel: Composer
- 09-20Giacomo Quarenghi: Italian / Russian master builder (Hermitage Theater)
- 09-25Frederik Willem II: King of Prussia (1786-97)
- 10-04Domenico Corri: Composer
- 11-11Abigail Smith Adams: 2nd 1st lady (1797-1801)
- 11-26Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff: Composer
- 12-08Pierre Joseph Candielle: Composer
- 12-19Jacobus J Cramer: Priest of Holland / Zealand / West-Friesland
- 12-22Abigail Adams: Weymouth, Massachusetts -- 2nd first lady (1797-1801)
People died in year of 1744
- 01-15Charles-Hubert Gervais: Composer, dies at 72
- 01-25Domenico Natale Sarro: Italian opera composer, dies at 64
- 02-15Frantisek Antonin Mica: Composer, dies at 49
- 02-15John Hadley: Inventor (sextant)
- 04-25Anders Celsius: Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42
- 05-30Alexander Pope: English Poet (Eloisa to Abelard), dies at 56
- 06-14Andre Campra: Composer, dies at 83
- 07-14Immanuel J Pyra: German Poet (Temple of True Poetry), dies at 28
- 08-19Carlo Arrigoni: Composer, dies at 46
- 10-31Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo: Composer, dies at 50
Events in year of 1745
- 01-06Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow
- 01-08England, Austria, Netherlands and Saxon sign anti-Prussian Quadruple Alliance
- 02-15Colley Cibbers "Papal Tyranny, " premieres in London
- 02-18Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland
- 02-20Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland
- 03-09Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston
- 03-31Jews are expelled from Prague
- 04-02Austria and Bavaria sign peace
- 05-11Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war
- 06-04Frederick the Great (Prussia) defeats Austrians and Saxons
- 06-16English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St. Lawrence River
- 06-17American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French
- 06-22Bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland
- 07-09Bonnie Prince Charlies "Elisabeth" battles with HMS Lion
- 07-23Charles Stuart, the Younger, lands at Eriskay Island, Hebrides
- 07-24Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes King James VIII
- 08-03Bonnie Prince Charlie lands on Eriskay, Hebrides
- 08-26England, Prussia and Hannover sign treaty
- 09-12Duke of Toscane chosen German Emperor Frans I Stefanus
- 09-17Edinburg occupied by Jacobites under Young Pretenders
- 09-21Battle at Preston Pans: Bonnie Prince Charles beats English army
- 09-22Bonnie Prince Charlies army returns to Edinburgh
- 09-28Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes King of Scotland
- 10-14French help convoy reaches Montrose Scotland
- 11-11Bonnie Prince Charlies army enters England
- 11-18Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle
- 11-29Bonnie Prince Charlies army moves into Manchester and occupy Carlisle
- 12-04Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby
- 12-06Bonnie Prince Charlies army retreats to Scotland
- 12-10Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws into Manchester
People born in year of 1745
- 01-01"Mad" Anthony Wayne: General
- 01-06James Montgolfier: France -- Aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
- 01-17Nicolas Roze: Composer
- 02-18Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta: Inventor (battery)
- 02-20Johann Peter Salomon: Composer
- 02-22Joao de Sousa Carvalho: Composer
- 02-27Silverius Muller: Composer
- 03-16Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow: Composer
- 03-19Nicolas Sejan: Composer
- 03-25Nicolas Etienne Framery: Composer
- 04-07Georg Druschetzky: Composer
- 04-20Philippe Pinel: Physician (founder of psychiatry)
- 04-29Oliver Ellsworth: 3rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1796-1800)
- 05-08Carl Philipp Stamitz: Composer
- 06-27Johann Nepomuk Went: Composer
- 07-28Piotr A von der Pahlen: Milt Governor (St Petersburg)
- 08-18Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner: Composer
- 08-26Francois Guichard: Composer
- 09-23John Sevier: Tennessee, United States -- Indian fighter (Gov / Rep-Tn)
- 11-27Boniface Stoecki: Composer
- 12-12John Jay: Diplomat / Governor (NY)
- 12-24Benjamin Rush: Byberry, Pennsylvania -- Physician / General / signer (Declaration of Independence)
People died in year of 1745
- 01-04Willem I Kerricx [the Young]: Flemish Architect / painter, dies at 62
- 01-20Charles VII Albert: German Emperor (1742-45), dies at 47
- 02-05Coelestin Praelisauer: Composer, dies at 49
- 02-18Nicola Fago: Composer, dies at 67
- 03-29Robert Walpole: 1st British Premier (1722-42), dies at 68
- 05-09Tomaso Antonio Vitali: Composer, dies at 82
- 06-22Hubert Renotte: Composer, dies at 41
- 08-30Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault: Composer, dies at 57
- 10-10Jacobus Nozeman: Dutch Composer / organist, dies at 52
- 12-05Christoph Forster: Composer, dies at 52
- 12-22Jan Dismas Zelenka: Composer, dies at 66
Events in year of 1746
- 01-17Battle of Falkirk, Scotland-Edward I defeats and massacres Scots
- 02-10English Pelham government resigns
- 02-14Henry Pelham appointed English Premier
- 02-22French troops conquer Brussels
- 02-22Jakobijnse troops vacate Aberdeen
- 02-25Cumberlands troops occupy Aberdeen
- 03-05Jakobijnse troops leave Aberdeen
- 04-16Battle at Culloden: Troops of "James VIII & III" defeat Charles Stuart
- 04-27Battle at Culloden Moor: Duke of Cumberland beats "James VIII & III"
- 05-22Russia and Austria signs treaty of cooperation
- 06-01French troops conquer Antwerp
- 06-02Russia and Austria sign agreements
- 06-16Battle at Piacenza: Austria and Sardinia beat Spanish and French army
- 07-10Bonnie Prince Charlie flees in disguise to Isle of Skye
- 09-20Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France from Scotland
- 09-21French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais and Dupleix Madras
- 09-23Jacob Gilles appointed Dutch pension advisor
- 10-01Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France
- 10-11Battle at Rocourt: French drive out English / Austria / Netherlands armies
- 10-22Princeton University (NJ) received its charter
- 10-28Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die
People born in year of 1746
- 01-11Frantisek Adam Mica: Composer
- 01-11William Curtis: English Botanist / publisher (Botanical Magazine)
- 01-24Gustav III: King during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92)
- 02-16Johann Heinse: German Sturm und Drang Novelist / art critic
- 02-27Gian Francesco Fortunati: Composer
- 03-05Jacob Wallenberg: Swedish writer / naval chaplain
- 03-13Maurus Haberhauer: Composer
- 03-17Jan David Holland: Composer
- 03-27Augustin Ullinger: Composer
- 03-27Carlo Bonaparte: Corsican attorney / father of Emperor Napoleon
- 03-30Francisco Jose de Goya: Fuendetodos, Spain -- Painter / etcher (Naked Maja)
- 05-13Oliver Brownson: Composer
- 05-19Johann Friedrich Peter: Composer
- 06-03James Hook: Composer
- 06-24Jean Baptiste Rochefort: Composer
- 07-02Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck: Composer
- 07-07Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith: Composer
- 07-16Giuseppe Piazzi: Italian Monk / discoverer (1st asteroid-Ceres)
- 07-28Thomas Heyward: Soldier, signed Declaration of Independence
- 08-02Joan Lucaz: Dutch journalist / patriot
- 08-07Daniel W Wyttenbach: Dutch classical / historian
- 08-08Hieronymus van Alphen: Dutch attorney / poet (church songs)
- 09-04Bernardus Bosch: Dutch Patriot / poet / writer, baptised
- 09-28William Jones: London, England -- British Orientalist / jurist
- 09-29Ernst Ludwig Gerber: Composer
- 10-07William Billings: Boston, Massachusetts -- Hymn composer (Rose of Sharon)
- 10-27Georg Anton Kreusser: Composer
- 11-06Absalom Jones: Delaware, United States -- Born into slavery
- 11-15Joseph Quesne: Composer
- 11-27Robert Livingston: Delivered oath of office to George Washington
People died in year of 1746
- 01-05Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer: Composer, dies at 53
- 01-21Gottfried Kirkhoff: Composer, dies at 60
- 02-04Robert Blair: Scottish Poet (Grave), dies at 46
- 02-20Guillaume Coustou, Sr.: French Sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68
- 05-15Giovanni Antonio Ricieri: Composer, dies at 67
- 05-30Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo: Composer, dies at 69
- 07-09Philip V: French King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46), dies at 62
- 07-17Anthonie van de Heim: Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53
- 07-28John Peter Zenger: Journalist, involved in 1st amendment fight
- 08-06Christian VI: King of Denmark / Norway
- 08-27Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer: Composer