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| 1746 |
| | | Monsieur Passemont constructs in Paris a millennium clock which can record the date in any year up to AD 9999 | |
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| 1746 |
| | | French forces capture the British East India Company's fort of Madras | |
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| 1746 |
| | | The French commander Maurice de Saxe succeeds in occupying the entire Austrian Netherlands | |
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| 1747 |
| | | A tribal leader, Ahmad Shah Abdali, is elected king of the Afghans in an event seen as the foundation of the Aghan nation | |
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| 1747 |
| | | Samuel Richardson's Clarissa begins the correspondence which grows into the longest novel in the English language | |
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| 1748 |
| | | Systematic digging begins near Vesuvius, in an area where ancient fragments are often unearthed - soon discovered to be Pompeii | |
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| 1748 |
| | | The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession, but only postpones the continuation of hostilities (in the Seven Years' War) | |
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| 1748 |
| | | The peace treaty returns all captured territories to their owners – with the exception of Silesia, which becomes part of Prussia | |
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| 1749 |
| | | A French official travels down the Ohio valley, placing markers to claim it for France | |
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| 1749 |
| | | Henry Fielding introduces a character of lasting appeal in the lusty but good-hearted Tom Jones | |
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