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December 1744 in History

Events in History


InventionScientific Discovery

Dec 31 English astronomer James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's nutation motion (wobble)

Astronomer James Bradley
Astronomer
James Bradley

Birthdays in History

  • Dec 19 Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland

Deaths in History

  • Dec 8 Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France, dies at 28
  • Dec 23 Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Duchess of Lorraine, dies at 68