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1746 Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Years: 1743 1744 1745 - 1746 - 1747 1748 1749
Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1746 in literature 1746 in music 1746 in science List of state leaders in 1746 List of religious leaders in 1746

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling
April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings
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
Catharine de Ricci (born 1522) canonized.

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)

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