1747 35840 225558490 2008-07-14T08:46:13Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[vo:1747]] {{year nav|{{PAGENAME}}}} {{C18YearInTopicX}} <!-- [[Image: |thumb|140px|right| .]] --> Year '''1747''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MDCCXLVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]] (or a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the 11-day slower [[Julian calendar]]). == Events of {{PAGENAME}} == ===January - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[January 31]] - The first [[venereal disease]]s clinic opens at [[London Lock Hospital]]. *[[February 11]] - A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain [[Nicholas Antoine Coulon de Villiers|Coulon de Villiers]], [[Battle of Grand Pré|attacks British troops]] at [[Grand Pré]], [[Nova Scotia]]. [[Image:Tower_of_London%2C_Traitors_Gate.jpg|thumb|180px|right| [[April 9]]: [[Lord Lovat]].]] * [[April 9]] - The Scottish [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] [[Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat|Lord Lovat]] was beheaded by axe on [[Tower Hill]], London, for [[high treason]]; he was the last man to be executed in this way in [[Great Britain|Britain]]. * [[May 14]] - [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: [[First battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)|First battle of Cape Finisterre]]. * [[June 9]] - [[Emperor Momozono of Japan|Emperor Momozono]] ascends to the throne of [[Japan]], succeeding [[Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan|Emperor Sakuramachi]]. ===July - December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[July 2]] - [[Battle of Lauffeld]] is fought. *October - [[Thomas Herring]] is appointed [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. * [[October 25]] - [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: [[Second battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)|Second battle of Cape Finisterre]]. * [[November 9]] - [[Riot]]ers in [[Amsterdam]] demand governmental reform. [[Image:Ahmad Shah Durrani - 1747.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Kandahar]]: Ahmad Shah Durrani crowned as king of [[Afghanistan]] in October.]] * [[November 22]] - Prince [[William IV, Prince of Orange|William IV]] of Orange becomes stadtholder of all the provinces of the [[Dutch Republic|United Provinces]]. * [[December 16]] - [[Canter of Coltbrigg]] &ndash; 13th and 14th Dragoons flee [[Jacobitism|Jacobites]] of [[Charles Edward Stuart]]. <br> ===Undated=== * [[Kandahar]] taken by [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]], and becomes the first capital of the newly-independent [[Afghanistan|Afghan State]]. * [[James Lind]] discovers that [[citrus]] fruits prevent [[scurvy]]. [[Image:Citrus_fruits.jpg|thumb|180px|right| [[James Lind]] & [[scurvy]].]] * [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: Spanish troops invade and occupy the coastal towns of [[Beaufort, North Carolina|Beaufort]] and [[Brunswick, North Carolina|Brunswick]] in the [[Royal Colony of North Carolina]] during what becomes known as the [[Spanish Alarm]]. They are later driven out by the local militia. ===Ongoing events=== * [[War of the Austrian Succession]] ([[1740]]-[[1748]]). * [[Samuel Johnson]] begins work on ''[[A Dictionary of the English Language]]''. ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Enkyō (Edo period)|Enkyō]] 3 &ndash; 4}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[January 15]] - [[John Aikin]], English doctor and writer (died [[1822]]) * [[January 19]] - [[Johann Elert Bode]], German astronomer (died [[1826]]) * [[January 26]] - [[Samuel Parr]], English schoolmaster (died [[1825]]) * [[February 19]] - [[John "Walking" Stewart]], traveller and philosopher (died [[1822]]) * [[February 21]] - [[Eugenio Espejo]], Ecuadorian scientist (died [[1795]]) * [[May 5]] - [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (died [[1792]]) * [[July 6]] - [[John Paul Jones]], American naval captain (died [[1792]]) * [[September 9]] - [[Thomas Coke (bishop)|Thomas Coke]], first [[United Methodist Church|American Methodist]] [[Bishop]] (died [[1814]]) * [[October 8]] - [[Jean-François Rewbell]], French politician (died [[1807]]) * [[December 12]] - [[Anna Seward]], English writer (died [[1809]]) *''date unknown'' **[[François Tourte]], French musical instrument maker (died [[1835]]) **[[Francis Salvador]], American patriot (died [[1776]]) : ''See also [[:Category: 1747 births]].'' ==Deaths== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[January 16]] - [[Barthold Heinrich Brockes]], German poet (born [[1680]]) * [[March 16]] - [[Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst]], father of [[Catherine II of Russia]] (born [[1690]]) * [[March 23]] - [[Claude Alexandre de Bonneval]], French soldier (born [[1675]]) * [[April 2]] - [[Johann Jacob Dillenius]], German botanist (born [[1684]]) * [[April 7]] - [[Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau]], Prussian field marshal (born [[1676]]) * [[April 9]] - [[Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat]], Scottish clan chief (born c.[[1667]]) * [[May 9]] - [[John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair]], Scottish soldier and diplomat (born [[1673]]) * [[May 28]] - [[Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues]], French writer (born [[1715]]) * [[May 31]] - [[Andrei Osterman]], Russian statesman (born [[1686]]) * [[June]] - [[Nadir Shah]], Persian leader (born [[1688]]) * [[June 19]] - [[Alessandro Marcello]], Italian composer (born [[1669]]) * [[July 9]] - [[Giovanni Bononcini]], Italian composer (born [[1670]]) * [[October 10]] - [[John Potter (Archbishop)|John Potter]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (born c.[[1674]]) * [[November 17]] - [[Alain-René Le Sage]], French writer (born [[1668]]) * [[December 2]] - [[Vincent Bourne]], English classical scholar (born [[1695]]) : ''See also [[:Category: 1747 deaths]].'' 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