1747

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

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

Years: 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 - 1747 - 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752

• January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital[?].
• Emperor Momozono ascends to the throne of Japan, succeeding Emperor Sakuramachi
• Kandahar taken from Nadir Shah by Ahmad Shah Durrani[?]
• Battle of Cape Finisterre[?] in the War of the Austrian Succession
• Battle of Lawfeld
• 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

Births

• Johann Elert Bode, German astronomer
• François Tourte, French musical instrument maker
• May 5 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
• July 6 - John Paul Jones, American naval captain.
• October 8 - Jean-François Rewbell, French politician

Deaths

• Nadir Shah, Persian leader
• Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman
• Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet
• March 16 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia
• April 9 - Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat