1748
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| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s |
| Years: | 1745 1746 1747 - 1748 - 1749 1750 1751 |
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| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science |
| Countries: Canada - |
| Great Britain - Mexico |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1748 (MDCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1748
[edit] January - June
- March 28 - A fire in the City of London causes over a million pounds worth of damage.
- April - Maastricht is conquered by Maurice de Saxe.
- April 24 - War of Austrian Succession: A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) with the intent to conclude the war (treaty signed October 18).
[edit] July - December
- September 24 - Shah Rukh becomes ruler of Khorasan.
- October 18 - War of Austrian Succession: The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war.
[edit] Undated
- Great Britain obtains Madras, in India, from France, in exchange of the fortress of Louisbourg in Canada.
- Leonhard Euler publishes Introductio in analysin infinitorum.
- Montesquieu publishes De l'Esprit des lois.
- Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh.
- The building of Sveaborg begins near Helsinki.
- Henry Fielding organizes the forerunner of the Bow Street Runners: eight men at first.
- Ahmad Shah Bahadur captures Lahore.
- The ruins of Pompeii are discovered.
- Louis XV of France authorizes a 5% income tax on every individual regardless of social status. Parlement of Paris protests.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1748 MDCCXLVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2501 |
| Armenian calendar | 1197 ԹՎ ՌՃՂԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -96 – -95 |
| Berber calendar | 2698 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2292 |
| Burmese calendar | 1110 |
| Chinese calendar | 4384/4444-12-1 (丁卯年十二月初一日) — to —
4385/4445-11-12(戊辰年十一月十二日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1464 – 1465 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1740 – 1741 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5508 – 5509 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1803 – 1804 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1670 – 1671 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4849 – 4850 |
| Holocene calendar | 11748 |
| Iranian calendar | 1126 – 1127 |
| Islamic calendar | 1160 – 1162 |
| Japanese calendar | Enkyō 5Kan'en 1 (寛延元年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2408 (皇紀2408年) |
| Korean calendar | 4081 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2291 |
- January 1 - Gottfried August Bürger, German poet (died 1794)
- January 19 - Antonio Carnicero, Spanish painter (died 1814)
- February 2 - Adam Weishaupt, German founder of the Order of the Illuminati (died 1811)
- February 9 - Luther Martin, American politician (died 1826)
- February 15 - Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and writer (died 1832)
- February 22 - Timothy Dexter, American businessman (died 1806)
- February 27 - Anders Sparrman, Swedish naturalist (died 1820)
- March 5 - William Shield, English violinist and composer (died 1829)
- March 5 - Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (died 1810)
- March 8 - Prince William V of Orange (died 1806)
- March 10 - John Playfair, Scottish scientist (died 1819)
- April 12 - Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (died 1836)
- April 27 - Pierre-Louis Ginguené, French author (died 1815)
- April 27 - Adamantios Korais, Greek scholar (died 1833)
- May 3 - Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, French cleric and constitutional theorist (died 1836)
- May 7 - Olympe de Gouges, French playwright (died 1793)
- May 10 - Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, French ornithologist (died 1831)
- May 28 - Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (died 1825)
- June 8 - William Few, American politician (died 1828)
- June 30 - Jacques Dominique, comte de Cassini, French astronomer (died 1845)
- August 8 - Johann Friedrich Gmelin, German naturalist (died 1804)
- August 30 - Jacques-Louis David, French painter (died 1825)
- October 7 - King Charles XIII of Sweden (Charles II of Norway) (died 1818)
- October 13 - Johann Dominicus Fiorillo, German painter and art historian (died 1821)
- October 19 - Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson (died 1782)
- November 11 - King Charles IV of Spain (died 1819)
- November 13 - William Chalmers, Swedish merchant (died 1811)
- December 9 - Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (died 1822)
- December 14 - William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (died 1811)
- date unknown - James Sayers, English caricaturist (died 1823)
- Timur Shah, Afghan king (died 1793)
- See also Category: 1748 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 1 - Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (born 1667)
- January 16 - Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (born 1684)
- February 18 - Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (born 1677)
- March 14 - George Wade, British military leader (born 1673)
- March 23 - Johann Gottfried Walther, German music theorist, organist, and composer (born 1684)
- April 12 - William Kent, English architect (born c.1685)
- May 12 - Thomas Lowndes, British astronomer (born 1692)
- August 27 - James Thomson, Scottish poet (born 1700)
- September 6 - Edmund Gibson, English jurist (born 1669)
- September 12 - Anne Bracegirdle, English actress (born c.1671)
- September 21 - John Balguy, English philosopher (born 1686)
- November 25 - Isaac Watts, English hymn writer (born 1674)
- December 2 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (born 1662)
- December 19 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (born 1672)
- See also Category: 1748 deaths.
