Events from 1744

Euler develops calculus of variations; Johann Bernoulli uses for brachistochrone challenge

Rousseau reads Lafitau's comparison of Native Americans to ancient Greeks, notes: 'See here the childhood of the world'

Prussian bankruptcy code allows rehabilitation after 10 years - bankrupt can return to full civil rights, influenced by Enlightenment

Louis XV vows new church to St. Genevieve - promises church if cured of illness, becomes the Pantheon

Francisco Dagohoy leads the longest revolt in Philippine history against Spanish rule in Bohol, lasting 85 years until 1829