1747

Years:
1744 1745 1746 - 1747 - 1748 1749 1750

Decades:
1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s

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

Events

January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital
April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain
May 3 - Battle of Cape Finisterre in the War of the Austrian Succession
July 2 - Battle of Lawfeld
November 9 – Rioters in Amsterdam demand governmental reform
December 16 – Canter of Coltbrigg – 13th and 14th Dragoons flee Jacobites of Charles Edward Stuart

Emperor Momozono ascends to the throne of Japan, succeeding Emperor Sakuramachi
Kandahar taken from Nadir Shah by Ahmad Shah Durrani, and becomes the first capital of the newly-independent Afghanistan
Thomas Herring appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
James Lind discovers that citrus fruits prevent scurvy
Wearing of the kilt banned in Scotland by the Dress Act
Samuel Johnson begins work on A Dictionary of the English Language


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