Major Events
- Jan 31 The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital, London
- Feb 14 Astronomer James Bradley presents his discovery of the wobbling motion of the Earth on its axis to the Royal Society, London
- Apr 17 French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands
- Apr 25 Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand
- May 3 William IV Prince of Orange appointed Stadtholder of Holland and Utrecht
- May 4 William IV Prince of Orange appointed Stadtholder of Overijssel
- May 14 A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at first battle of Cape Finisterre.
- May 16 William V Prince of Orange sworn in as Admiral-general of Netherlands
- Jul 1 Battle at Lafeld: France force beats British and Dutch army in Belgium during the Austrian War of Succession
- Sep 16 French troops occupy Bergen on Zoom
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Fun Fact About 1747
The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital, London
Who Died in 1747
- Jan 16 Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680)
- Feb 1 Jacobus Capitein, Dutch Christian minister, dies at ~30
- Mar 9 Jacob Campo Weyerman, Dutch painter and writer active during the Dutch Enlightenment, dies at 69
- Mar 16 Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia, dies at 56
- Mar 23 Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675)
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