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Events from the year 1746 in Great Britain. Incumbents- Monarch – George II
- Prime Minister – Henry Pelham (Whig)
- Parliament – 9th
Events- 8 January – Jacobite rising: Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie" or "The Young Pretender") occupies Stirling.
- 17 January – Government forces suffer a defeat to Jacobite forces at the Battle of Falkirk.[1]
- 10 February – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath forms the Short-lived Ministry following the resignation of Henry Pelham. It lasts a mere two days.
- 16 April – Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite rising.[2] Culloden is the last pitched battle fought on British soil. George Frideric Handel composes the oratorio Judas Maccabaeus to commemorate the Duke of Cumberland's victory.[3]
- 3 May – "Battle of Loch nan Uamh": Royal Navy sloops attack French privateers which have landed money (and brandy) intended to aid the Jacobite cause in the Sound of Arisaig.[4]
- 6 May – William Pitt the Elder appointed Paymaster of the Forces and Henry Fox appointed Secretary at War.[3]
- 18 June – Samuel Johnson is contracted to write his A Dictionary of the English Language.
- 27 June – Charles Edward Stuart escapes to the Isle of Skye with the aid of Flora MacDonald.[2]
- 1 August – wearing of the kilt is banned in Scotland by the Dress Act.
- 18 August – two of the four rebellious Scottish lords, the Earl of Kilmarnock and Lord Balmerinoch, are beheaded in the Tower (Lord Lovat executed 1747).
- 20 September – Charles Edward Stuart escapes to France with the aid of Flora MacDonald.[3]
- 21 September – in India, Madras is captured by the French led by Joseph François Dupleix.[3]
Undated- The Venetian painter Canaletto begins a nine-year stay in England.[5]
- William Cookworthy discovers kaolin in Cornwall.[6]
- An act to enforce the execution of an act of this session of parliament, for granting to his Majesty several rates and duties upon houses, windows, or lights includes a general provision confirming that all statutes naming England apply equally to Wales and Berwick-upon-Tweed.[7]
Births- 28 September – William Jones, philologist (died 1794)
Deaths- 4 February – Robert Blair, poet (born 1699)
- 14 June – Colin Maclaurin, mathematician (born 1698)
- 2 July – Thomas Baker, antiquarian (born 1656)
- 2 October – Josiah Burchett, Secretary of the Admiralty (born c. 1666)
- 6 December – Lady Grizel Baillie, poet (born 1665)
- 8 December – Charles Radclyffe, politician (born 1693)
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.britishbattles.com/battle_of_falkirk.htm|title=The Battle of Falkirk 1746, BritishBattles.com|accessdate=2007-07-27| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070812201841/http://www.britishbattles.com/battle_of_falkirk.htm| archivedate= 12 August 2007 }}
2. ^1 {{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}
3. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=311}}
4. ^{{cite book|title=Jacobite Stories|first=Dane|last=Love|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_b1rBuQgG0IC&pg=PT139&lpg=PT139&dq=French+ships+battle+Ardnamurchan+May+1746&source=bl&ots=dcn9GgWc1s&sig=FWXDhJr1dX69kWZfe1Ziea1svrk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nxokVImrNtCu7Abn_4GwDg&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=French%20ships%20battle%20Ardnamurchan%20May%201746&f=false|chapter=Battle of Loch nan Uamh|publisher=Neil Wilson Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781903238868}}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Macfall|first=Haldane|year=2004|title=A History of Painting|location=Whitefish|publisher=Kessinger Publishing|isbn=1-4179-4508-7}}
6. ^{{cite book|title=William Cookworthy 1705–1780: a study of the pioneer of true porcelain manufacture in England|first=John|last=Penderill-Church|location=Truro|publisher=Bradford Barton|year=1972}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wa03AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA125|title=20 Geo. II, c. 42|year=1746|work=Statutes at Large|accessdate=2011-11-14}}
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