1744 in France

Events from the year 1744 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XV

Events

• 30 September – Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo
• Planned French invasion of Britain

Births

• 8 October – Marc Marie, Marquis de Bombelles, diplomat (died 1822)
• 8 November – Pierre Jean Van Stabel, naval officer (died 1797)

Full date unknown

• Jean-Jacques Boisard, fabulist (died 1833)

Deaths

• 13 February – Pierre Gobert, painter (born 1662)
• 29 June – André Campra, composer and conductor (born 1660)
• 17 July – Charles d'Orléans de Rothelin, clergyman (born 1691)
• 10 August – Marc Marie, Marquis de Bombelles, clergyman (born 1677)

See also

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