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
• 8 November - Pierre Jean Van Stabel, naval officer

Full date unknown

• Jean-Jacques Boisard, fabulist

Deaths

• 13 February - Pierre Gobert, painter
• 29 June - André Campra, composer and conductor
• 17 July - Charles d'Orléans de Rothelin, clergyman
• 10 August - Marc Marie, Marquis de Bombelles, clergyman