Explore 236 historical events from 1740–1749.
The second battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval encounter fought during the War of the Austrian Succession on 25 October 1747. A British fleet of fourteen ships of the line comman…
War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of…
Leopold II was the penultimate Holy Roman Emperor, as well as King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 t…
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1792)
Ivan Mane Jarnović was a violinist and composer during the 18th century, often said to have been Italian but whose family was of Ragusan origin. There is no evidence that he ever l…
Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (died 1804)
Count Andrey Ivanovich Ostermann was a German-born Russian statesman who came to prominence under Tsar Peter I of Russia and served until the accession of the Tsesarevna Elizabeth …
Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1686)
Alessandro Ignazio Marcello was an Italian nobleman and composer.
Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer and educator (born 1669)
Giovanni Bononcini was an Italian Baroque composer, cellist, singer and teacher, one of a family of string players and composers. He was a rival to George Frederic Handel.
Giovanni Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (born 1670)
Giuseppe Maria Crespi, nicknamed Lo Spagnuolo, was an Italian late Baroque painter of the Bolognese School. His eclectic output includes religious paintings and portraits, but he i…
Giuseppe Crespi, Italian painter (born 1665)
Marie-Madeleine Jarret, known as Madeleine de Verchères was a woman of New France credited with repelling a raid on Fort Verchères when she was 14 years old.
Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian raid leader (born 1678)
Giulia Elisabetta Lama was an Italian painter active in Venice during the late Baroque period. Her dark, intense style contrasted with the dominant pastel tones of the era. She was…
Giulia Lama, Italian painter (born 1681)
Nader Shah Afshar was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran and one of the most powerful rulers in Iranian history, ruling as the emperor of Iran (Persia) from 1736 to 1747, …
Nader Shah, Persian leader (born 1688)
Amaro Rodríguez-Felipe y Tejera Machado, also known as Amaro Pargo, was a Spanish privateer and merchant. He was one of the most well-known Spanish privateers during the Golden Age…
Amaro Pargo, Spanish corsair (born 1678)
John Potter was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1737 to 1747.
John Potter, English archbishop and academic (born 1674)
The Battle of Culloden took place on 16 April 1746, near Inverness, in the Scottish Highlands. A Jacobite army under Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British gove…
The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by W
The War of the Austrian Succession, 1740 to 1748, was a conflict between the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe, the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Related co…
War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza
Treaty of Kerden was signed between the Ottoman Empire and Afsharid Iran on 4 September 1746. It concluded the Ottoman–Persian War (1743–1746).
The Treaty of Kerden concludes the Ottoman–Persian War (1743–1746).
Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is th…
The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
The 1746 Lima–Callao earthquake occurred at 22:30 local time on 28 October with a moment magnitude of 8.6–8.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). The epicenter was lo…
The 1746 Lima–Callao earthquake causes up to 6,000 deaths in Peru, the deadliest in its history up to that point.
Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse was a French mathematician, commonly presented as the inventor of descriptive geometry, technical drawing, and the father of differential geometry.
Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (died 1818)
Joachim Heinrich Campe was a German writer, linguist, educator and publisher. He was a major representative of philanthropinism and the German Enlightenment.
Joachim Heinrich Campe, German linguist, author, and educator (died 1818)
Thomas Heyward Jr. was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, and politician. Heyward was active politically during the Revolutionary Era. As a member of the Continental Cong…
Thomas Heyward, Jr., American judge and politician (died 1809)
Thomas Heyward Jr. was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, and politician. Heyward was active politically during the Revolutionary Era. As a member of the Continental Cong…
Thomas Heyward Jr., American judge and politician (died 1809)
Count Maurice Benyovszky de Benyó et Urbanó was a military officer, adventurer and traveller, and writer from the Kingdom of Hungary, who described himself as both a Hungarian and …
Maurice, Count de Benyovszky, Slovak-Hungarian explorer (died 1786)
Sir William Jones was a British philologist, scholar and judge. Born in Westminster to the Welsh mathematician William Jones, he moved to the Bengal Presidency where Jones served a…
William Jones, English-Welsh philologist and scholar (died 1794)
William Billings was an American composer and is regarded as the first American choral composer and leading member of the First New England School.
William Billings, American composer and educator (died 1800)