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1746 English cricket season

Events from the year 1746 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

• Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
• Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Whig

Events

• 8 January - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
• 17 January - Government forces suffer a defeat to Jacobite forces at the Battle of Falkirk.^[1]
• 10 February - William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath forms the Short-lived Ministry following the resignation of Henry Pelham. It lasts a mere two days.
• 16 April - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Rising.^[2] Culloden is the last pitched battle fought on British soil. George Frideric Handel composes the oratorio Judas Maccabaeus to commemorate the Duke of Cumberland's victory.^[3]
• June - Samuel Johnson is contracted to write his A Dictionary of the English Language.
• 6 May - William Pitt the Elder appointed Paymaster of the Forces and Henry Fox appointed Secretary at War.^[3]
• 27 June - Charles Edward Stuart, also known as Bonnie Prince Charlie and The Young Pretender, escapes to Isle of Skye with the aid of Flora MacDonald.^[2]
• 1 August - Wearing of the kilt is banned in Scotland by the Dress Act.
• 18 August - Two of the four rebellious Scottish lords, Earl of Kilmarnock and Lord Balmeniro beheaded in the Tower (Lord Lovat executed 1747).
• 20 September - Charles Edward Stuart escapes to France with the aid of Flora MacDonald.^[3]
• 21 September - In India, Madras is captured by the French led by Joseph François Dupleix.^[3]

Births

• 28 September - William Jones, philologist (died 1794)

Deaths

• 4 February - Robert Blair, poet (born 1699)
• 14 June - Colin Maclaurin, mathematician (born 1698)
• 2 July - Thomas Baker, antiquarian (born 1656)
• 2 October - Josiah Burchett, Secretary of the Admiralty (born c.1666)
• 6 December - Lady Grizel Baillie, poet (born 1665)
• 8 December - Charles Radclyffe, politician (born 1693)

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