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

• 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