1747

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1710s  1720s  1730s  – 1740s –  1750s  1760s  1770s
Years:	1744 1745 1746 – 1747 – 1748 1749 1750

Events

• Afghanistan becomes independent from Persia.
• February 11 – A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Coulon de Villiers, attacks British troops at Grand Pré, Nova Scotia.
• April 9 – The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason.
• May 14 – War of the Austrian Succession: First battle of Cape Finisterre.
• June 9 – Emperor Momozono rises to power in Japan, after Emperor Sakuramachi.

Births

• 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)
• October 8 – Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (died 1807)
• December 12 – Anna Seward, English writer (died 1809)

Deaths

• 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)
• 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 of Canterbury (born c.1674)
• November 17 – Alain-René Le Sage, French writer (born 1668)
• December 2 – Vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (born 1695)