1749

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

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

Years: 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 - 1749 - 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754

• While in debtor's prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). Released from prison, the book was published in London, England. Immediately, the Church of England asked the British Secretary of State to "stop the progress of this vile Book, which is an open insult upon Religion and good manners." As a result, Cleland was arrested and charged with "corrupting the King's subjects."
• May 19 - King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company[?] a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.

Births

• January 13 - Friedrich Müller[?], painter, narrator, lyricist and dramatist, also known as Maler Müller[?] (+ 1825)
• January 29 - King Christian VII of Denmark (+ 1808)
• March 9 - Honore Mirabeau, politician (+ 1791)
• March 23 - Pierre Simon de Laplace, mathematician and astronomer (+ 1827)
• May 17 - Edward Jenner, inventor of the vaccine (+ 1823)

Deaths