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1746

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s

Years: 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 - 1746 - 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Ongoing events 3 Year in topic 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Monarchs/Presidents

Events

• January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling
• April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Rebellions
• October 22 - The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896)
• October 28 - An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru

Ongoing events

• War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)

Year in topic

• 1746 in literature
• 1746 in science

Births

• January 12 - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue (died 1827)
• January 24 - King Gustav III of Sweden (died 1792)
• February 4 - Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish general and nationalist (died 1817)
• February 5 - Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, American Federalist politician and soldier (died 1825)
• March 7 - André Michaux, French botanist (died 1802)
• March 30 - Francisco Goya, painter (died 1828)
• July 3 - Henry Grattan, Irish politician (died 1820)
• September 28 - Sir William Jones, discoverer of the Indo-European languages family (died 1794)
• November 27 - Robert R. Livingston, American public official and diplomat (died 1813)

Deaths

• May 22 - Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright (born 1660)
• June 14 - Colin Maclaurin, Scottish mathematician (born 1698)
• July 9 - Philip V of Spain (born 1683)
• July 28 - John Peter Zenger, American printer (born 1697)
• August 6 - Christian VI of Denmark (born 1699)
• November 14 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (born 1709)
• December 6 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet (born 1665)
• Catharine de Ricci, Saint (born 1522)

Monarchs/Presidents

• China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
• France - Louis XV King of France (reigned from 1715 to 1774)
• Great Britain - George II King of Great Britain (reigned from June 11, 1727 to October 25, 1760)
• Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)
• Russia - Elizabeth Empress of Russia (reigned from 1741 to January 5, 1762)
• Saxony - Frederick Augustus II Elector of Saxony (from 1733 to 1763) (also King of Poland)

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