1744 (MDCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1744th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 744th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 18th century, and the 5th year of the 1740s decade. As of the start of 1744, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1710s 1720s 1730s – 1740s – 1750s 1760s 1770s |
| Years: | 1741 1742 1743 – 1744 – 1745 1746 1747 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1744 MDCCXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2497 |
| Armenian calendar | 1193 ԹՎ ՌՃՂԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6494 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1665–1666 |
| Bengali calendar | 1151 |
| Berber calendar | 2694 |
| British Regnal year | 17 Geo. 2 – 18 Geo. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2288 |
| Burmese calendar | 1106 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7252–7253 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 4440 or 4380 — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4441 or 4381 |
| Coptic calendar | 1460–1461 |
| Discordian calendar | 2910 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1736–1737 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5504–5505 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1800–1801 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1665–1666 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4844–4845 |
| Holocene calendar | 11744 |
| Igbo calendar | 744–745 |
| Iranian calendar | 1122–1123 |
| Islamic calendar | 1156–1157 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanpō 4 / Enkyō 1 (延享元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1668–1669 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4077 |
| Minguo calendar | 168 before ROC 民前168年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 276 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2286–2287 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 1870 or 1489 or 717 — to — 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1871 or 1490 or 718 |