1744 in History

Forms an anti Prussian alliance with Austria & Holland

Frederick II the Great captures Prague

Appointed Governor of the Austrian Netherlands

Prussia offers Charles VII 80,000 troops "to restore liberty to the Empire"

Prussia offers Charles VII 80,000 troops "to restore liberty to the Empire"

Invades Bohemia & renews the war with Austria, in alliance with France & Bavaria

Prussia offers Charles VII 80,000 troops "to restore liberty to the Empire". Frederick II invades Bohemia

Boards the du Teillay at Minden on the mouth of the Loire

Intercepted by the Lion & forced to return to France with arms & ammunition

Charles writes to Louis XV, saying he had been informed that England could be retaken without civil war as it was stripped of soldiers

Meets Murray of Broughton at Tuileries Palace, who told him he would not get the support of more than 4,000 Highlanders and that he must drop his plans to come to Scotland, when Murray said French backing was extremely unlikely given their defensive position in

Maries Maria Theresa's sister, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria

His remains are moved from Westminster Abbey to Blenheim Palace in November 1744, shortly before Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, is buried there.

Frederick II the Great marches into Prague

Forced to retreat after the non-arrival of the French due to the illness of Louis XV

Marches from Glatz, meets the King's army under the walls of Prague, and in the siege and capture of that place he plays a distinguished part

The British are defeated by a French fleet

The British are defeated by a French fleet

Commands a fleet which is defeated, Mathews is court-matialled & dismissed