What Happened in December 1746

Historical Events

  • Dec 5 Revolt in Genoa against Spanish rule.

Famous Deaths

  • Dec 6 Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665)
  • Dec 8 Charles Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Derwentwater, British politician, dies at 53
  • Dec 10 Teodorico Pedrini, also known as De Lige, Italian Vincentian priest, musician, composer, and missionary at the imperial court of China (1711-46), dies at 75