Historical events in 1747

35 historical records

July 17474 historical events

1747, July 2nd · France · Laufield · Warfare · War of Austrian Succession · Maurice de Saxe

Battle of Laufield

Defeats the Duke of Cumberlands Anglo-Dutch Army

1747, July 2nd · Great Britain · Laufield · Warfare · War of Austrian Succession · James Wolfe

Battle of Laufield

Wounded in battle

1747, July 2nd · Great Britain · Laufield · Warfare · War of Austrian Succession · William Augustus Cumberland

Battle of Laufield

Defeated by Marshal Saxe

1747, July 22nd · Great Britain · Finisterre · Warfare · Military · Peter Warren

Battle of Finisterre

Fights under Anson at the Battle of Finisterre

September 17472 historical events

1747, September 16th · France · Bergen · Warfare · War of Austrian Succession · Maurice de Saxe

Capture of Bergen

The French consolidate their occupation of Austrian Flanders

1747, September 16th · France · Bergen · Warfare · War of Austrian Succession · Maurice de Saxe

Rule of Austria

The French consolidate their occupation of Austrian Flanders

October 17471 historical events

1747, October 14th · Great Britain · Ushant · Warfare · Military · George Brydges Rodney Rodney, 1st

Battle of Ushant

Commands of the battleship Eagle 60, and in this ship takes part in Hawkes victory off Ushant over the French fleet

1747 · Afghanistan · Kandahar · Government · Government of Afghanistan · Ahmad Shah Durrani

Loya Jirga

A tribal assembly selects Ahmad Shah Durrani as ruler, founding the modern Afghan state.

1747 · Afghanistan · Ghazni · Government · Government of Afghanistan · Ahmad Shah Durrani

Capture of Ghazni

Ahmad Shah captures Ghazni while consolidating authority over the new kingdom.

1747 · Afghanistan · Kabul · Government · Government of Afghanistan · Ahmad Shah Durrani

Capture of Kabul

Ahmad Shah takes Kabul and extends his government across eastern Afghanistan.

1747 · Afghanistan · Kandahar · Government · Government of Afghanistan · Ahmad Shah Durrani

Coronation

Ahmad Shah is crowned in Kandahar and adopts the Durrani name for his confederation.

1747 · Afghanistan · Kabul · House · House of Durrani · Durrani

Succession

Succeeds as Shah of Afghanistan, elected Shah

1747 · Austria · House · House of Habsburg · Leopold II

Birth of Leopold II

Birth of Leopold II, son of Maria Theresa & Franz I

1747 · Austria · House · House of Habsburg · Maria Theresa

Birth of Leopold II

Birth of Leopold II, son of Maria Theresa & Franz I

1747 · France · Leiden · Humanities · Philosophy · Julien Offray de La Mettrie

Man a Machine

La Mettrie anonymously publishes Man a Machine, presenting his best-known mechanistic materialism.

1747 · France · Exiles · Warfare · War of Austrian Succession · Louis-Joseph Montcalm-Gozon

Battle of Exiles

Serves at the Battle of Exiles

1747 · France · Placentia · Warfare · War of Austrian Succession · Louis-Joseph Montcalm-Gozon

Battle of Placentia

Serves at the Battle of Placentia

1747 · France · Warfare · War of Austrian Succession · Louis-Joseph Montcalm-Gozon

Brigadier General

Appointed Brigadier by Louis XV

1747 · Germany · Konigsberg · Humanities · Philosophy · Immanuel Kant

Thoughts on the True Estimation of Living Forces

Kant publishes Thoughts on the True Estimation of Living Forces, his first book.

1747 · Germany · Science · Chemistry · Andreas Sigismund Marggraf

Discovery of Sugar

Discovers that beets & carrots contain small amounts of sugar

1747 · Great Britain · Arts · Literature · William Hogarth

Industry and Idleness Series

Hogarth published Industry and Idleness, twelve moralizing prints contrasting the careers of two apprentices.

1747 · Great Britain · Arts · Literature · William Hogarth

Stage Coach Country Inn

Hogarth published The Stage Coach or The Country Inn Yard, observing travel and social differences.

1747 · Great Britain · Cape Finisterre · House · House of Anson · George Anson Anson, 1st

Peerage

Appointed Vice Admiral & created Baron Anson of Soberton after victory at Cape Finisterre

1747 · Great Britain · Westminster · Politics · Tory Party · Peter Warren

Member of Parliament

Elected Member of Parliament for Westminster

1747 · Great Britain · Science · Medicine · James Lind

Discovery of Scurvy Cure

Discovers that a diet of oranges & lemons can cure scurvy

1747 · Great Britain · Warfare · Carnatic War, 1st · Robert Clive Plessey, 1st

Ensign

Appointed Ensign

1747 · Great Britain · London · Warfare · Military · Peter Warren

Vice Admiral

Appointed Vice Admiral of the Red

1747 · Great Britain · Warfare · Military · Robert Clive Plessey, 1st

Ensign

Appointed Ensign

1747 · Great Britain · Cape Finisterre · Warfare · Military · George Anson Anson, 1st

Vice Admiral

Appointed Vice Admiral & created Baron Anson of Soberton after victory at Cape Finisterre

1747 · Great Britain · Cape Finisterre · Warfare · War of Austrian Succession · George Anson Anson, 1st

Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1st

Anson defeats the French Admiral de la Jonquire & captures 7 French merchantmen, 4 ships of the line & 2 frigates. After victory at Cape Finisterre Anson is promoted to Vice Admiral & created Baron Anson of Soberton

1747 · Great Britain · Cape Finisterre · Warfare · War of Austrian Succession · George Anson Anson, 1st

Vice Admiral

Appointed Vice Admiral & created Baron Anson of Soberton after victory at Cape Finisterre

1747 · Japan · House · House of Tokugawa · Momozono

Succession

Succeeds as Emperor of Japan

1747 · Netherlands · Hague · Government · Government of Netherlands · William IV

Constitution of Netherlands, The

1st general stadholder of the Dutch Republic

1747 · Netherlands · Hague · House · House of Orange · William IV

Succession

1st general stadholder of the Dutch Republic

1747 · Scotland · Warfare · Military · John Campbell Argyll, 4th

Lieutenant General

Appointed Lieutenant General