1749
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| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s |
| Years: | 1746 1747 1748 - 1749 - 1750 1751 1752 |
| 1749 in topic: |
| 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 1749 (MDCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1749
[edit] January - June
- January 3 - Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
- April 27 - The first official performance of George Frideric Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks finishes early due to the outbreak of fire.
- May 19 - King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
[edit] July - December
- July 9 - The naval settlement of Halifax, Nova Scotia is founded as the British answer to Louisbourg.
- September 15 - According to mathematical calculations, Pluto moves outside Neptune's orbit to remain the outermost planet until 1979.
[edit] Undated
- While in debtor's prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure).
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1749 MDCCXLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2502 |
| Armenian calendar | 1198 ԹՎ ՌՃՂԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -95 – -94 |
| Berber calendar | 2699 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2293 |
| Burmese calendar | 1111 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7257 – 7258 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊辰年十一月十三日 (4385/4445-11-13) — to —
己巳年十一月廿二日(4386/4446-11-22) |
| Coptic calendar | 1465 – 1466 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1741 – 1742 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5509 – 5510 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1804 – 1805 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1671 – 1672 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4850 – 4851 |
| Holocene calendar | 11749 |
| Iranian calendar | 1127 – 1128 |
| Islamic calendar | 1162 – 1163 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'en 2 (寛延2年) |
| Korean calendar | 4082 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2292 |
- January 13 - Friedrich Müller, painter, narrator, lyricist and dramatist (d. 1825)
- January 17 - Vittorio Alfieri, Italian dramatist (d. 1803)
- January 24 - Charles James Fox, English politician (d. 1806)
- January 29 - King Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)
- March 9 - Honore Mirabeau, French politician (d. 1791)
- March 10 - Lorenzo da Ponte, Italian librettist (d. 1838)
- March 23 - Pierre Simon de Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827)
- May 17 - Edward Jenner, English physician (d. 1823)
- April 11 - Adelaide Labille-Guiard, French portrait painter (d. 1803)
- June 15 - Georg Joseph Vogler, German composer (d. 1814)
- August 28 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (d. 1832)
- September 25 - Abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist (d. 1817)
- September 30 - Comte Siméon Joseph Jérôme, French jurist and politician (d. 1842)
- November 23 - Edward Rutledge, American statesman (d. 1800)
- December 17 - Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (d. 1801)
- See also Category: 1749 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 8 - Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
- June 18 - Ambrose Philips, English poet (b. 1675)
- July 3 - William Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675)
- July 12 - Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor of New France b. c.1671)
- August 13 - Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (b. 1719)
- September 10 - Emilie du Chatelet, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1706)
- September 14 - Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (b. 1675)
- October 4 - Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (b. 1711)
- December 5 - Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, French-Canadian explorer and trader (b. 1685)
- December 19 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (b. 1672)
- date unknown - Maria Oriana Galli-Bibiena, Italian painter (b. 1656)
- See also Category: 1749 deaths.
