Historical Events In 1748

Jan 01   Giovanni Furno, composer.   

Jan 09   Stefan Paluselli, composer   

Jan 22   Lewis Edson, composer   

Jan 26   Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer.   

Jan 26   England, Netherlands, Austria and Sardinia sign anti-French treaty   

Feb 02   Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer.   

Feb 03   Henri Madin, composer, dies at 49   

Feb 05   Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven.   

Feb 15   Jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian)   

Mar 05   William Shield, composer.   

Mar 07   French troops conquer Maastricht.   

Mar 08   Willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau   

Mar 10   John Playfair, Scotland, clergyman/geologist/mathematician.   

Mar 19   English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US   

Mar 23   Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63   

Apr 01   Ruins of Pompeii are discovered.   

Apr 07   Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer.   

Apr 12   William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies   

Apr 20   Georg Michael Telemann, composer   

Apr 28   Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer.   

Apr 30   Ceasefire at Aken ends   

May 07   French troops conquer Maastricht in the War of the Austrian Succession.   

May 07   French troops conquer Maastricht.   

May 16   Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

Jun 03   Amsterdam establishes municipal postal service.   

Jun 24   The Kingswood School is opened by John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley in Bristol. The school later moved to Bath   

Jun 28   Marretje Arends, [Matje of Nieuwendijk], Amsterdam plunderer, hanged.   

Jun 28   Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed.   

Jun 30   Jacques D "comte" Cassini, French astronomer   

Jul 21   Louis-Henry Paisible, composer.   

Jul 31   Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist   

Aug 03   Carl Ludwig Junker, composer.   

Aug 04   Maximilian Stadler, composer.   

Aug 06   Bernhard Haltenberger, composer   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of giovanni Furno, composer   

Jan 09   Stefan Paluselli, composer was born in the year 1748.   

Jan 22   Lewis Edson, composer was born in the year 1748.   

Jan 26   Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history birth of christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven   

Feb 06   Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (d. 1811) was born in the year 1748.   

Feb 09   Luther Martin, American patriot (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1667) died on this day in history.   

Jan 16   In the year 1748 death of arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)   

Feb 03   Henri Madin, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1748.   

Feb 18   Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677) died in the year 1748.   

Mar 14   George Wade, British military leader (b. 1673) died in the year 1748.   

Mar 23   On this day in history johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63   

Apr 12   On this day in history william Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies   

May 12   In the year 1748 death of thomas Lowndes, English astronomer (b. 1692)