1748

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1710s  1720s  1730s  – 1740s –  1750s  1760s  1770s
Years:	1745 1746 1747 – 1748 – 1749 1750 1751

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1748 (MDCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1748th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 748th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1740s decade. As of the start of 1748, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• July 25 - A Solar eclipse happened. It was one of the reasons Charles Messier became an astrologer.

Births

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• February 15 – Jeremy Bentham

1748 Media

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  October 12: The Battle of Havana is fought in the Caribbean between Britain's Royal Navy and the Spanish Fleet.(1770 painting by Richard Paton)

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  JeremyBenthambyHenryWilliamPickersgill

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  WilliamKent

Deaths

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