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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

Events

January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling
January 24 - King Gustav III of Sweden
April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Rebellions.

Births

January 12 - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi[?], Swiss pedagogue (+ 1827)
March 30 - Francisco Goya, painter (+ 1828)
September 28 - Sir William Jones, discoverer of the Indo-European languages family.

Deaths

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