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Born in 1747:
Polish
patriot
and
American Revolution
ary leader
Casimir Pulaski
(d.
1779
).
German
astronomer
Johann Elert Bode
, whose
empirical
law
led to the discovery of the
asteroids
.
American
naval pioneer
John Paul Jones
, in
Scotland
.
American revolution-era
privateer
Gustavus Conyngham
, in
Ireland
.
English
poet
Susanna Blamire
.
English poet
Anna Seward
.
Future
Austrian
emperor
Leopold II
Hapsburg
.
Japanese
painter
Shiba Kokan
.
Japanese mathematician
Aida Ammei
. (
Aida Yasuaki
?)
French violin maker
Francis Tourte
.
Died in 1747:
Nadir
,
Shah
of
Persia
, killed by his own military commanders.
Italian
painter
Francesco Solimena
.
Italian painter
Giovanni Domenico Ferretti
.
Japanese confucian philosopher
Dazai Shundai
.
Events of 1747:
Ahmed Shah
unites
Afghanistan
into the
Durrani Empire
.
Johann Sebastian Bach
publishes his
Musikalisches Opfer
.
Georg Friederic Handel
publishes his
oratorio
Judas Maccabeus
. The
libretto
, written by the Reverend
Thomas Morrell
, was intended as a compliment to the
Duke of Cumberland
who had recently crushed the
Jacobite
uprising in
Scotland
.
Parliament
passes the
Abolition of Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act
removing all power from Scottish clan chieftains. The wearing of
kilts
and
tartans
is also banned.
Francois Arouet
. aka
Voltaire
, falls out of favor
with King
Louis XV
, when the former's affair with
Gabrielle du Chatelet
becomes known.
The
War of the Austrian Succession
/
King George's War
:
(July 2) French Marshal
Saxe
defeats the British and Dutch under the Duke of Cumberland at the
Battle of Lauffeld
.
French Canadians
and
Mikmaq
Indian allies defeat a force of
New England
troops at
Grand Pré
in
Nova Scotia
, forcing them to return to
Annapolis Royal
.
William IV
uses the French invasion to be named hereditary ruler of all of
The Netherlands
.
(September) The British navy defeats the French fleet off
Cape Finnisterre
in
Spain
and later at
Belle-Isle
in
Brittany
.
Saxe completes his conquest of the
Austrian Netherlands
by capturing
Bergen-op-Zoom
.
French and Spanish privateers raid the East Coast of North America. This was called the
Spanish Alarm
.
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