1744 in literature
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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