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 in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar.

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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