January 5 » Battle of Colmar: The French army beats Brandenburg.
March 4 » John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
August 11 » Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
November 2 » Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War.
December 11 » Antonio de Vea expedition enters San Rafael Lake in western Patagonia.
December 19 » The Great Swamp Fight, a pivotal battle in King Philip's War, gives the English settlers a bitterly won victory.
Day of death December 13, 1744
The temperature on December 13, 1744 was about 6.0 °C. There was 7 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 22 » War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.
July 4 » The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois cede lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, was signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
September 30 » War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia anyway.
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