1746
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| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s |
| Years: | 1743 1744 1745 - 1746 - 1747 1748 1749 |
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| Countries: Canada |
| Great Britain - Mexico |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
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Year 1746 (MDCCXLVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1746
[edit] January - June
- January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
- January 17 - British Government forces suffer a defeat to Jacobite forces at the Battle of Falkirk.
- April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Rising.
- June - Samuel Johnson is contracted to write his A Dictionary of the English Language.
[edit] July - December
- August 1 - Wearing of the kilt is banned in Scotland by the Dress Act.
- August 18 - Two of the four rebellious Scottish lords, Earl of Kilmarnock and Lord Balmeniro beheaded in the Tower (Lord Lovat executed 1747).
- October 22 - The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896).
- October 28 - An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru.
[edit] Undated
- Catharine de Ricci (born 1522) is canonized.
- Town of Vilkovo (Odes'ka oblast', Ukraine) is founded.
- Royal Colony of North Carolina Governor Gabriel Johnston moves to the province's largest and most prosperous city of New Bern. As a result, New Bern replaces Edenton as the capital of North Carolina (a title it holds until Raleigh is established in 1792).
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1746 MDCCXLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2499 |
| Armenian calendar | 1195 ԹՎ ՌՃՂԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -98 – -97 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2290 |
| Chinese calendar | 4382/4442-12-10 (乙丑年十二月初十日) — to —
4383/4443-11-20(丙寅年十一月二十日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1738 – 1739 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5506 – 5507 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1801 – 1802 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1668 – 1669 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4847 – 4848 |
| Holocene calendar | 11746 |
| Iranian calendar | 1124 – 1125 |
| Islamic calendar | 1158 – 1159 |
| Japanese calendar | Enkyō 3 (延享3年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2406 (皇紀2406年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11746 |
| Julian calendar | 1791 |
| Korean calendar | 4079 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2289 |
- January 12 - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue (died 1827)
- January 24 - King Gustav III of Sweden (died 1792)
- February 4 - Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish general and nationalist (died 1817)
- February 5 - Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, American politician and soldier (died 1825)
- March 4 - Kazimierz Pułaski, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1779)
- March 7 - André Michaux, French botanist (died 1802)
- March 30 - Francisco Goya, Spanish painter (died 1828)
- July 3 - Henry Grattan, Irish politician (died 1820)
- July 7 - Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (died 1826)
- July 23 - Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish military leader, aided the United States in its quest for independence in the American Revolutionary War (died 1786).
- September 28 - Sir William Jones, English philologist (died 1794)
- November 27 - Robert R. Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (died 1813)
[edit] Unknown dates
- (none)
- See also Category: 1746 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 28 - Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (born 1660)
- March 18 - Anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia (born 1718)
- March 20 - Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (born 1656)
- May 6 - William Tennent, Scottish-American theologian (born 1673)
- May 22 - Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright (born 1660)
- June 14 - Colin Maclaurin, Scottish mathematician (born 1698)
- July 2 - Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (born 1656)
- July 9 - King Philip V of Spain (born 1683)
- July 28 - John Peter Zenger, American printer (born 1697)
- August 6 - Christian VI, King of Denmark and Norway (born 1699)
- October 2 - Josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty (born c.1666)
- November 14 - Georg Wilhelm Steller, German naturalist (born 1709)
- December 6 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet (born 1665)
- December 8 - Charles Radclyffe, British politician (born 1693)
[edit] Unknown dates
- (none)
- See also Category: 1746 deaths.
