1748 in History – What happened in year 1748

In history, year 1748 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1748.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1748:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
26 august	The first Lutheran denomination in North America, thePennsylvania Ministerium, was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
18 october	The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing ofthe Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
28 June	More than 200 people died in the riots in Amsterdam against the public hanging of two people.
04 December	French chemist Bertley was born. He did research work on different types of salts.
26 January	Britain, Netherlands, Austria and Sardinia signed anti-France treaties.
27 April	Mughal ruler Muhammad Shah died in Delhi.
12 January	Ahmad Shah Durani captured Lahore.
19 March	Natural law authorized the granting of Jews to colonize the North American colonies.
01 April	The ruins of Pompeii were discovered by the Spanish Roque Joaquin de Alcubier.
07 May	French troops won Maastricht in the War of Austrian Succession.
24 June	Kingswood School opened in Bristol by John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley.
26 August	The First Lutheran Sect of North America, Pennsylvania Minister, was established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
24 September	Shahrukh became the ruler of Greater Khorasan.
18 October	The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle signed the end of the Austrian Succession War.
26 December	France and Austria signed the treaty about the southern Netherlands.

Famous birthdays in the year 1748:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
05 February	Christian Gottlob Neefe / Composer / Germany
05 March	Jonas Carlsson Dryander / Biologist / Sweden
05 March	William Shield / Composer / United Kingdom
06 February	Adam Weishaupt / Philosopher / Germany
07 May	Olympe de Gouges / Philosopher / France
09 February	Sir John Duckworth / Politician / United Kingdom
09 December	Claude Louis Berthollet / Academic / France
11 August	Joseph Schuster / Composer / Germany
12 April	Antoine Laurent de Jussieu / Author / France
15 February	Jeremy Bentham / Philosopher / United Kingdom
19 March	Elias Hicks / Politician / United States of America
20 April	Georg Michael Telemann / Composer / Germany
22 May	Thomas Roberts / Painter / Ireland
23 April	Félix Vicq-d'Azyr / Physician / France
27 February	Anders Sparrman / Physician / Sweden
27 April	Adamantios Korais / Philosopher / France
30 August	Jacques-Louis David / Painter / France
30 November	Joachim Albertini / Composer / Poland
31 August	Jean-Étienne Despréaux / Dancer / France