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| Years: 1742 1743 1744 - 1745 - 1746 1747 1748 | |
| Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century | |
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Events
- May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch
- June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg
- August 19 - Beginning of the '45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan
- September 12 - Francis I is elected Holy Roman Emperor with the support of his wife, Maria Theresia of Austria. He is the successor of Charles VII Albert of Bavaria, an enemy of Habsburg, who died on January 20 of this year.
- September 14 - Madame de Pompadour is officially presented in the court of Louis XV of France
- December 25 – Treaty of Dresden gives Prussia full possession of Silesia
- Last execution for witchcraft in France
Ongoing events
Births
- February 18 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (d. 1827)
- February 20 - Henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813)
- September 16 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (d. 1813)
- December 15 - Johann Gottfried Koehler, German astronomer (d. 1801)
- Kim Hongdo, Korean painter
- Francis Asbury, American Methodist Bishop (d. 1816)
Deaths
- January 20 - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1697)
- March 18 - Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
- October 19 - Jonathan Swift, Irish writer (b. 1667)af:1745
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