Year (''' MDCCXLIV ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year Starting On Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian Calendar ).
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- January 23 - Giambattista Vico , Italian philosopher and historian (born 1668 )
- January 26 - Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller , Austrian field marshal (born 1683 )
- March 3 - Jean Barbeyrac , French jurist (born 1674 )
- April 25 - Anders Celsius , Swedish astronomer (born 1701 )
- May 30 - Alexander Pope , English writer (born 1688 )
- June 29 - André Campra , French composer (born 1660 )
- July - Mihai Racoviţă , Prince of Moldavia and Prince of Wallachia
- August 9 - James Brydges, 1st Duke Of Chandos , English patron of the arts (born 1673 )
- August 13 - John Cruger , Dutch-born Mayor of New York (born 1678 )
- August 26 - William Byrd II , prominent planter from Virginia (born 1674 )
- October 18 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess Of Marlborough , English friend of Anne Of England (born 1660 )
- October 31 - Leonardo Leo , Italian composer (born 1694 )
- December 8 - Marie-Anne De Mailly-Nesle Duchess De Châteauroux , French mistress of King Louis XV Of France (born 1717 )
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