1744

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 of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 744th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 18th century, and the 5th year of the 1740s decade. As of the start of 1744, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1710s  1720s  1730s  – 1740s –  1750s  1760s  1770s
Years:	1741 1742 1743 – 1744 – 1745 1746 1747

1744 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1744 MDCCXLIV
Ab urbe condita	2497
Armenian calendar	1193 ԹՎ ՌՃՂԳ
Assyrian calendar	6494
Balinese saka calendar	1665–1666
Bengali calendar	1151
Berber calendar	2694
British Regnal year	17 Geo. 2 – 18 Geo. 2
Buddhist calendar	2288
Burmese calendar	1106
Byzantine calendar	7252–7253
Chinese calendar	癸亥年 (Water Pig) 4440 or 4380     — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4441 or 4381
Coptic calendar	1460–1461
Discordian calendar	2910
Ethiopian calendar	1736–1737
Hebrew calendar	5504–5505
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1800–1801
- Shaka Samvat	1665–1666
- Kali Yuga	4844–4845
Holocene calendar	11744
Igbo calendar	744–745
Iranian calendar	1122–1123
Islamic calendar	1156–1157
Japanese calendar	Kanpō 4 / Enkyō 1 (延享元年)
Javanese calendar	1668–1669
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4077
Minguo calendar	168 before ROC 民前168年
Nanakshahi calendar	276
Thai solar calendar	2286–2287
Tibetan calendar	阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 1870 or 1489 or 717     — to — 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1871 or 1490 or 718

Deaths

• January 25 - Domenico Sarro
• April 25 – Anders Celsius