Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s
Years: 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 - 1746 - 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751
Events
- January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling
- April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Rebellions
- October 22 - The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896)
- October 28 - An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru
Ongoing events
Year in topic
Births
- January 12 - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue (died 1827)
- January 24 - King Gustav III of Sweden (died 1792)
- February 4 - Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish general and nationalist (died 1817)
- February 5 - Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, American Federalist politician and soldier (died 1825)
- March 7 - André Michaux, French botanist (died 1802)
- March 30 - Francisco Goya, painter (died 1828)
- July 3 - Henry Grattan, Irish politician (died 1820)
- September 28 - Sir William Jones, discoverer of the Indo-European languages family (died 1794)
- November 27 - Robert R. Livingston, American public official and diplomat (died 1813)
Deaths
- May 22 - Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright (born 1660)
- June 14 - Colin Maclaurin, Scottish mathematician (born 1698)
- July 28 - John Peter Zenger, American printer (born 1697)
- November 14 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (born 1709)
- December 6 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet (born 1665)
- Philip V of Spain (born 1683)
- Christian VI of Denmark (born 1699)
Monarchs/Presidents
- China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
- France - Louis XV King of France (reigned from 1715 to 1774)
- Great Britain - George II King of Great Britain (reigned from June 11, 1727 to October 25, 1760)
- Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)
- Russia - Elizabeth Empress of Russia (reigned from 1741 to January 5, 1762)
- Saxony - Frederick Augustus II Elector of Saxony (from 1733 to 1763) (also King of Poland)