1748

Years:
1745 1746 1747 – 1748 – 1749 1750 1751

Decades:
1710s 1720s 1730s – 1740s – 1750s 1760s 1770s

Centuries:
17th century – 18th century – 19th century

1748 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada – Science

Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders

Events

April 24 – A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession – at October 18 – The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war
Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh
Building of Sveaborg begins near Helsinki
Henry Fielding organizes forerunner of the Bow Street Runners – eight men at first

Births

January 1 – Gottfried August Bürger, German poet (d. 1794)
January 9 – Stefan Paluselli, composer (d. 1805)
February 2 – Adam Weishaupt, German founder of the Order of the Illuminati (d. 1811)
February 9 – Luther Martin, American politician (d. 1826)
February 15 – Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and writer (d. 1832)
February 22 – Timothy Dexter, American businessman (d. 1806)
February 27 – Anders Sparrman, Swedish naturalist (d. 1820)
March 5 – William Shield, English violinist and composer (d. 1829)
March 5 – Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
March 8 – Prince William V of Orange (d. 1806)
March 10 – John Playfair, Scottish scientist (d. 1819)
April 12 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (d. 1836)
April 27 – Pierre-Louis Ginguené, French author (d. 1815)
April 27 – Adamantios Korais, Greek scholar (d. 1833)
May 3 – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, French cleric and constitutional theorist (d. 1836)
May 7 – Olympe de Gouges, French playwright (d. 1793)
May 28 – Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (d. 1825)
June 8 – William Few, American politician (d. 1828)
June 30 – Jacques Dominique, comte de Cassini, French astronomer (d. 1845)
August 8 – Johann Friedrich Gmelin, German naturalist (d. 1804)
August 30 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter (d. 1825)
October 7 – King Charles XIII of Sweden (Charles II of Norway) (d. 1818)
October 13 – Johann Dominicus Fiorillo, German painter and art historian (d. 1821)
October 19 – Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1782)
November 11 – King Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819)
December 9 – Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (d. 1822)
December 14 – William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (d. 1811)
Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, French ornithologist (d. 1831)
James Sayers, English caricaturist (d. 1823)
William Leeves, English reverend and composer (d. 1828)
William Chalmers, Swedish merchant (d. 1811)

Deaths

January 1 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1667)
March 14 – George Wade, German soldier (b. 1673)
March 23 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer (b. 1684)
April 12 – William Kent, English architect (b. 1685)
May 12 – Thomas Lowndes, British astronomer (b. 1692)
July 12 – Botjan Steiner, Slovenian mathematician (b. 1680)
August 27 – James Thomson, Scottish poet (b. 1700)
September 21 – John Balguy, English philosopher (b. 1686)
November 25 – Isaac Watts, English hymn writer (b. 1674)
December 2 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (b. 1662)
Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (b. 1672)

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