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 November – Pierre Jean Van Stabel, naval officer (died 1797)

Full date missing

 * Jean-Jacques Boisard, fabulist (died 1833)
 * Marc Marie, Marquis de Bombelles, diplomat (died 1822)

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)