1747 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1747 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Whig
[edit] Events
- 31 January - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.[1]
- 9 April - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill in London for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain.
- May - Abolition of Hereditable Jurisdictions Act breaks the power of the Scottish clans.[2]
- 14 May - War of the Austrian Succession: First battle of Cape Finisterre between French and British fleets.
- June - Britain forms an alliance with Russia.[3]
- July - Snap general election reinforces Henry Pelham's position as Prime Minister.[2]
- 2 July
- War of the Austrian Succession: British forces led by the Duke of Cumberland defeated by Marshal Maurice de Saxe's French army at the Battle of Lauffeld near Maastricht in the Netherlands.[3]
- Benjamin Robins presents a paper to the Royal Society describing the physics of a spinning projectile following his investigation of rifle barrels.[3][4]
- 25 October - War of the Austrian Succession: Second battle of Cape Finisterre between French and British fleets.
[edit] Undated
- Thomas Herring is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.
- James Lind discovers that citrus fruits prevent scurvy.
- Samuel Johnson begins work on A Dictionary of the English Language.[3]
- Liverpool becomes the busiest slave trading port in Britain, overtaking Bristol.[5]
[edit] Births
- 15 January - John Aikin, doctor and writer (died 1822)
- 18 January - John Gillies, historian and classical scholar (died 1836)
- 26 January - Samuel Parr, schoolmaster (died 1825)
- 12 December - Anna Seward, writer (died 1809)
[edit] Deaths
- 8 February - Thomas Chubb, Deist (born 1679)
- 9 April - Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Scottish clan chief (born c.1667)
- 9 May - John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (born 1673)
- 10 October - John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c.1674)
- 2 December - Vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (born 1695)
[edit] References
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 219-220. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 311–312. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Long Range Shooting, An Historical Perspective (2). Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
- ^ BBC History British History Timeline. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
[edit] See also
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