Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1747
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Literature
- Thomas Gray, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
- Samuel Johnson, Plan of the English Dictionary, dedicated to
Lord Chesterfield
- Lyttelton, Monody
- Mason, Musaeus
- Samuel Richardson, Clarissa (through 1748)
- Laurence Sterne, The Case of Elijah
- Voltaire, Zadig
- Thomas Warton, The Pleasures of Melancholy
Theatre
- David Garrick, Miss in Her Teens
- Benjamin Hoadly, The Suspicious Husband
Art
- Paul Sandby arrives in London and begins sketches for the military
survey of Scotland (through 1752)
- Horace Walpole acquires Strawberry Hill in Twickenham
Music
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Judas
Maccabaeus
Science, Technology, & Medicine
Politics & Law
- General election
- The British score naval victories near France
Theology
Milestones
Miscellaneous
- Kippis et al., Biographia Britannica (through 1766)
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