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Gorgonzola
Sun Nov 26 2000 at 4:32:44
Born in 1744:
French
naturalist
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
.
Abigail Smith
, future wife of President
John Adams
.
Austrian
composer
Marianne Martines
.
English novelist
Elizabeth Bonhote
.
English poet
James Bramston
.
Scottish
natural philpsopher
John Bruce
.
The future King
Frederick William II
of
Prussia
.
Died in 1744:
Sarah Jennings Churchill
, Duchess of
Marlborough
, close confidant of
Quen Anne
.
Italian
composer
Antonio Vivaldi
.
Swedish
physicist
Anders Celsius
.
English
poet
Alexander Pope
.
French
composer
André Campra
.
Hindu
sage
Thayumanavar
.
Italian
philosopher
Giambattista Vico
.
American
writer
and
historian
William Byrd
.
English author
Louis Theobald
.
Events of 1744:
The
War of the Austrian Succession
expands into a conflict between
Great Britain
and
France
. In
North America
, it is known as
King George's War
. The war has started in North America as the
War of Jenkins' Ear
between Britain and
Spain
but had died down in 1743.
(February 21) The French break the British blockade of
Toulon
.
(March 15)
France declares war
in the United Kingdom.
(August 8-September) French soldiers and
Mikmaq
Indians under
Prévost
try to capture
Port Royal
in
Nova Scotia
(now
Annapolis Royal
) with little success.
(August 15)
Frederick II
of Prussia, fearing the rising power of
Austria
,
invades
Bohemia
.
(November 4)
Charles IV
,
King of the Two Sicilies
, defeats the Austrians at
Velletri
.
(December 15) Frederick removes his army from Bohemia and
returns to
Berlin
.
(December 22) Austrian empress
Maria Theresa
issues a decree expelling
all
Jews
from
Bohemia
.
The
Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers
publishes the very
first set of rules for
golf
.
John Wesley
calls
Methodist
preachers together
in
London
for their first conference.
Lady Huntington
and the
Calvinist
faction leave in a huff. The floor of a Methodist chapel in
Leeds
collapses as his brother
Charles Wesley
is preaching. Charles writes a hymn about it.
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How They Were Made
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18th Century
1745
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Ao dai
William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale
George Rose
Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard
Giambattista Vico
Abigail Adams
18th century
John Wesley
Alexander Pope
1977
Military History
Anders Celsius
Louisbourg
War of the Austrian Succession
1818
César François Cassini de Thury
Frederick the Great
How I made the Year Nodes
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
Frederick William II