1746 in Great Britain

none 1746 yes Events from the year 1746 in Great Britain. Incumbents Monarch – George II Prime Minister – Henry Pelham (Whig)History of Henry Pelham - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/henry-pelham www.gov.uk 19 June 2023 en Events 8 January – Jacobite rising: Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie" or "The Young Pretender") occupies Stirling. 17 January – Government forces suffer a defeat to Jacobite forces at the Battle of Falkirk.http://www.britishbattles.com/battle_of_falkirk.htm The Battle of Falkirk 1746, BritishBattles.com 2007-07-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20070812201841/http://www.britishbattles.com/battle_of_falkirk.htm 12 August 2007 10 February – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath forms the Short-lived Ministry following the resignation of Henry Pelham. It lasts a mere two days. 21 February – Jacobite rising: Siege of Inverness ends with government forces surrendering Fort George to the Jacobite army.Duffy Christopher Christopher Duffy 2007 The '45: Bonnie Prince Charlie and Untold Story of the Jacobite Rising Phoenix Books London 9780753822623 16 April – Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite rising.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 Culloden is the last pitched battle fought on British soil. George Frideric Handel composes the oratorio Judas Maccabaeus to commemorate the Duke of Cumberland's victory.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/311 registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 311 3 May – "Battle of Loch nan Uamh": Royal Navy sloops attack French privateers which have landed money (and brandy) intended to aid the Jacobite cause in the Sound of Arisaig.Jacobite Stories Dane Love https://books.google.com/books?id=_b1rBuQgG0IC&dq=French+ships+battle+Ardnamurchan+May+1746&pg=PT139 Battle of Loch nan Uamh Neil Wilson Publishing 2007 9781903238868 6 May – William Pitt the Elder appointed Paymaster of the Forces and Henry Fox appointed Secretary at War. 18 June – Samuel Johnson is contracted to write his A Dictionary of the English Language. 27 June – Charles Edward Stuart escapes to the Isle of Skye with the aid of Flora MacDonald. 30 July – Francis Towneley, with fellow members of the Jacobite Manchester Regiment convicted of treason, is hanged, drawn and quartered at Kennington Common in London; the heads of two of them become the last to be publicly displayed on Temple Bar, London. 1 August – wearing of the kilt is banned in Scotland by the Dress Act. 18 August – two of the four rebellious Scottish lords, the Earl of Kilmarnock and Lord Balmerinoch, are beheaded in the Tower (Lord Lovat executed 1747). 20 September – Charles Edward Stuart escapes to France with the aid of Flora MacDonald. 21 September – in India, Madras is captured by the French led by Joseph François Dupleix. Undated William Cookworthy discovers kaolin in Cornwall.William Cookworthy 1705–1780: a study of the pioneer of true porcelain manufacture in England John Penderill-Church Truro Bradford Barton 1972 An act to enforce the execution of an act of this session of parliament, for granting to his Majesty several rates and duties upon houses, windows, or lights includes a general provision confirming that all statutes naming England apply equally to Wales and Berwick-upon-Tweed.https://books.google.com/books?id=wa03AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA125 20 Geo. II, c. 42 1746 Statutes at Large 2011-11-14 Britain Great Births 3 June – James Hook, composer (died 1827) 28 September – William Jones, philologist (died 1794) 22 October – James Northcote, painter (died 1831) Isaac Swainson, botanist (died 1812) Deaths 4 February – Robert Blair, poet (born 1699) 14 June – Colin Maclaurin, mathematician (born 1698) 2 July – Thomas Baker, antiquarian (born 1656) 2 October – Josiah Burchett, Secretary of the Admiralty (born c. 1666) 6 December – Lady Grizel Baillie, poet (born 1665) 8 December – Charles Radclyffe, politician (born 1693) See also 1746 in Wales References 1746 Category:Years in the Kingdom of Great Britain Category:1746 by country Category:1746 in Europe Category:1740s in Great Britain