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Events from the year
1746
in the
Kingdom of Great Britain
.
Contents
1
Incumbents
2
Events
3
Births
4
Deaths
5
References
6
See also
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
)
References
^
"
The Battle of Falkirk 1746, BritishBattles.com
". Retrieved on
2007
-
07-27
.
^
a
b
(2006)
Penguin Pocket On This Day
. Penguin Reference Library.
ISBN 0-141-02715-0
.
^
a
b
c
d
Williams, Hywel (2005).
Cassell's Chronology of World History
. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 311.
ISBN 0-304-35730-8
.
See also
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