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Great Britain in 1748

Name: Great Britain in 1748 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for Great Britain in 1748, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records

6Events

4Named people

3Places

4Categories

Historical records

January

5 January 1748MajorJames Wolfe

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed Major, Twentieth Foot

October

18 October 1748Rule of MadrasGeorge II

Madras · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

Under the Treaty of Aix-la-chapelle France cedes Madras to Britain

18 October 1748SuccessionGeorge II

Aix-la-Chapelle · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

Under the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle France recognizes the Hanoverian succession

18 October 1748Treaty of Aix-la-ChapelleGeorge II

Aix-la-Chapelle · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the war of Austrian Succession. France repudiates Charles Stuart & recognizes the Hanoverian succession. Britain gains Madras

Other Events

1748Birth of Jeremy BenthamJeremy Bentham

London · Arts / Philosophy

Birth of Jeremy Bentham

1748President of Board of TradeGeorge Montague Dunk Halifax, 2nd

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed President of the Board of Trade

Names involved

George IIGeorge Montague Dunk Halifax, 2ndJames WolfeJeremy Bentham

Places involved

Aix-la-ChapelleLondonMadras

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.