1749

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1710s  1720s  1730s  – 1740s –  1750s  1760s  1770s
Years:	1746 1747 1748 – 1749 – 1750 1751 1752

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  April 27: First performance of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks takes place.

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  Pierre Simon de Laplace

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  Madame Mère

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  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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  • Depicted person: Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet (1706-1749), French mathematician and physicist

1749 (MDCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1749th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 749th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1740s decade. As of the start of 1749, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• While in debtor's prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). Released from prison, the book was published in London. Immediately, the Church of England asked the British Secretary of State to "stop the progress of this vile Book, which is an open insult upon Religion and good manners." As a result, Cleland was arrested and charged with "corrupting the King's subjects."
• January 3 – Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
• April 27 – The first official performance of George Frideric Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks finished early due to the outbreak of fire.
• May 19 – King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
• July 9 – Naval settlement of Halifax, Nova Scotia founded as British answer to Louisbourg.
• September 15 – According to mathematical calculations, Pluto moved outside Neptune's orbit to remain the outermost planet until 1979.

Books

• Tom Jones by Henry Fielding