Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1744

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Literature

Akenside, The Pleasures of the Imagination
Armstrong, The Art of Preserving Health
Sarah Fielding, David Simple
Samuel Johnson, The Life of Richard Savage, The Harleian Miscellany
Tobias Smollett sets up a medical practice in London
Joseph Warton, The Enthusiast

Theatre

Art

Music

George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Semele
George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Joseph and His Brethren

Science, Technology, & Medicine

Benjamin Franklin invents the "potbelly" stove, later known as the Franklin stove

Politics & Law

The French declare war on Britain and Maria Theresa, provoking fears of an invasion
Carteret (Granville) is forced to resign over the war
Henry Pelham is appointed Lord Treasurer
Newcastle becomes Secretary of State
Hardwicke becomes Lord Chancellor
Lyttelton and George Grenville are junior ministers
Clive arrives in Madras

Philosophy & Theology

George Berkeley, Philosophical Reflections concerning Tar-Water

Milestones

Birth of Sir Joseph Banks
Death of Campra, composer
Death of Leo, composer
30 May: Death of Alexander Pope
Death of Lewis Theobald

Miscellaneous

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