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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===
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* [[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===
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* [[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]] – 13th and 14th Dragoons flee [[Jacobitism|Jacobites]] of [[Charles Edward Stuart]].
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===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 – 4}}
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* [[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==
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* [[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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