Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1745
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Literature
- Akenside, Odes on Several Subjects
- J. Brown, Essay on Satire
- Samuel Johnson, Proposals for a New Edition of Shakespeare,
including Observations on Macbeth
- Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants
Theatre
- James Thomson, Tancred and Sigismunda
Art
- William Hogarth, Marriage à la Mode
- Louis-François Roubiliac teaches sculpture at St. Martin's Lane
Academy
Music
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Hercules
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Belshazzar
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Charles Bonnet discovers parthenogenesis
- E. J. von Kleist invents the "Leyden jar," later known as a
capacitor, for short-term storage of electricity
Politics & Law
- August: The 'Forty-Five: Jacobite rebellion in Scotland: Charles Edward
(the Young Pretender, Bonnie Prince Charlie) lands in the western Highlands
and wins the battle of Prestonpans ???
Philosophy & Theology
Milestones
- Death of Albinoni, composer
- Birth of Hayley
- Birth of Holcroft
- Birth of Henry Mackenzie
- Birth of J. Nichols
- Birth of Pye
- Death of Jonathan Richardson, Senior, painter
- Death of Jonathan Swift
- 18 March: Death of Robert Walpole
Miscellaneous
- Fordyce, Dialogues concerning Education (through 1748)
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