1744 in literature
See also: 1743 in literature, other events of 1744, 1745 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Samuel Foote makes his debut as an actor.
- Eliza Haywood launches a new periodical, The Female Spectator
New Books
- The Adventures of David Simple – Sarah Fielding
- The Pleasures of Imagination – Mark Akenside
- Fables for the Female Sex – Edward Moore
- Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu – Emilie de Breteuil, marquise du Chatelet
Births
- February 10 – William Mitford, historian
- August 25 – Johann Gottfried von Herder, German poet
Deaths
- May 30 – Alexander Pope
- unknown date – Charlotte Fielding, wife of Henry Fielding; she was his model for the heroine of Tom Jones
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