Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1746
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Literature
- Blacklock, Poems
- William Collins, Odes
- P. Francis, The Satires of Horace (translated)
- Samuel Johnson signs the contract for his Dictionary of the English
Language, agreeing to deliver it in three years
- Joseph Warton, Odes on Various Subjects
Theatre
- Macklin's King Henry VII ???
Art
Music
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Occasional
Oratorio
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Benjamin Franklin performs his experiments confirming that
lightning is a form of electricity
- John Roebuck of England develops a process to produce
sulfuric acid
- Jean Etienne Guettard draws the first geological map of
France
Politics & Law
- William Pitt the elder, Earl of Chatham, takes office
- Sir William Yonge is no longer Secretary at War
- April: At Culloden, five thousand Scottish Highlanders face the Duke of
Cumberland with his nine thousand loyalists Scots. The supporters of the
Pretender are defeated, and Charles Edward flees to France
- Chesterfield becomes Secretary of State
- Pitt becomes Paymaster General
Philosophy & Theology
- James Hervey, Meditations and Contemplations
Milestones
- Death of Robert Blair
- Death of F. Hutcheson
- Birth of Sir William Jones
- Death of Thomas Southerne
Miscellaneous
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