Page 2: Historical Events In 1748

Aug 11   Joseph Schuster, composer   

Aug 13   Pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot.   

Aug 15   United Lutheran Church of US organized.   

Aug 16   "Geldermalsen" sails to East-Indies   

Aug 16   Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63.   

Aug 26   The inaugural Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   

Aug 27   James Thomson, dies.   

Aug 30   Jacques-Louis David, France, Neoclassical painter (Death of Marat).   

Aug 31   Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer   

Sep 14   Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer.   

Sep 17   Robert Wainwright, composer.   

Sep 24   Philipp Meissner, composer.   

Sep 28   Johann Michael Demmler, composer.   

Oct 07   Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18).   

Oct 08   Franz Seydelmann, composer.   

Oct 17   French troops lift siege of English at Pondicherry, India.   

Oct 18   Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession   

Nov 01   Christoph Rheineck, composer.   

Nov 11   Carlos IV, king of Spain (1788-1808).   

Nov 12   Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808).   

Nov 23   Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer   

Dec 11   Ewald G von Kleist, German lawyer/inventor of condensator, dies at 55.   

Dec 16   Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer.   

Dec 26   France and Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands.   

Dec 27   William Marshall, composer   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of stefan Paluselli, composer   

Jan 22   In the year 1748 birth of lewis Edson, composer   

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

Feb 02   Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer was born in the year 1748.   

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

Feb 06   On this day in history birth of adam Weishaupt, founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (d. 1811)   

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of luther Martin, American patriot (d. 1826)   

Jan 01   On this day in history death of johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1667)   

Jan 16   Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684) died in the year 1748.   

Feb 03   On this day in history henri Madin, composer, dies at 49   

Feb 18   In the year 1748 death of otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)   

Mar 14   George Wade, British military leader (b. 1673) died on this day in history.   

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

Apr 12   William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies on this day in history.   

May 12   On this day in history death of thomas Lowndes, English astronomer (b. 1692)