- 1748 in Great Britain
Events from the year
1748 in theKingdom of Great Britain .Incumbents
*Monarch -
George II of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister -Henry Pelham , WhigEvents
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28 March - a fire in theCity of London causes over a million pounds worth of damage. [cite book |title=The London Encyclopaedia|author=Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert|publisher= Macmillan|year= 1995|isbn =0-333-57688-8|pages=287]
* August - AdmiralEdward Boscawen commands aRoyal Navy siege ofPondicherry ."1748." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006.]
*18 October - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends theWar of the Austrian Succession , by whichMadras inIndia is restored to British rule in exchange for the fortress ofLouisbourg inCanada withFrance .cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=312–313]Undated
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Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures inEdinburgh .
*Henry Fielding organises the forerunner of theBow Street Runners with eight men at first.
* John Fothergill's pamphlet entitled "Account of the Sore Throat attended with Ulcers" contains the first description ofdiphtheria .Publications
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Tobias Smollett 's novel "The Adventures of Roderick Random ".
*Samuel Richardson 's novel "Clarissa ".
* James Thomson's poem "The Castle of Indolence", shortly before his death.
* "An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding " by philosopherDavid Hume .Births
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15 February -Jeremy Bentham , philosopher and writer (died 1832)
*5 March -William Shield , violinist and composer (died 1829)
*10 March -John Playfair , scientist (died 1819)
*13 April -Joseph Bramah , inventor and locksmith (died 1814)
*28 May -Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (died 1825)
*14 December -William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (died 1811)
* "Date unknown" -James Sayers , caricaturist (died 1823)Deaths
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14 March -George Wade , military leader (born1673 , Ireland)
*12 April -William Kent , architect, landscape architect and furniture designer (born c. 1685)
*12 May - Thomas Lowndes, astronomer (born 1692)
*27 August - James Thomson, poet (born 1700)
*6 September -Edmund Gibson , jurist (born 1669)
*12 September -Anne Bracegirdle , actress (born c.1671)
*21 September -John Balguy , philosopher (born 1686)
*25 November -Isaac Watts , hymn writer (born 1674)
*2 December -Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset , politician (born 1662)References
ee also
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