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Bad weather causes the French to abandon a plan to invade Britain with the Scottish pretender Charles Edward Stuart
Alexander Pope dies and Pope's Villa and grounds are bought by Sir William Stanhope.
New England militiamen achieve an unexpected success in capturing the fortress of Louisbourg from the French
Maurice de Saxe, with a French army including an Irish brigade, defeats British, Austrian and Dutch forces at Fontenoy
The principle of the Leyden jar is discovered by an amateur German physicist, Ewald Georg von Kleist, dean of the cathedral in Kamin
Charles Edward Stuart lands at Eriskay in the Hebrides, launching the Forty-Five Rebellion
Charles Edward Stuart gathers support for the Forty-Five Rebellion on his way south from the Hebrides and reaches Edinburgh
Charles Edward Stuart marches as far south as Derby, but then turns back
Frederick the Great's Prussian soldiers, advancing in shallow disciplined formation, outclass other armies of the time
Frederick II's three victories in 1745 cause him to be known by his contemporaries as Frederick the Great
Frederick the Great begins to build the summer palace of Sans Souci at Potsdam
Charles Edward Stuart and his 5000 Scots are routed at Culloden, bringing the Forty-Five Rebellion to an abrupt end
Tartan and Highland dress are banned by the British government, in a prohibition not lifted until 1782
An earthquake destroys much of Lima, and an ensuing tidal wave engulfs its port at Callao
Monsieur Passemont constructs in Paris a millennium clock which can record the date in any year up to AD 9999
French forces capture the British East India Company's fort of Madras
The French commander Maurice de Saxe succeeds in occupying the entire Austrian Netherlands
A tribal leader, Ahmad Shah Abdali, is elected king of the Afghans in an event seen as the foundation of the Aghan nation
Horace Walpole rents a small house, known locally as Chopp'd Straw Hall, with 5 acres of land.
Samuel Richardson's Clarissa begins the correspondence which grows into the longest novel in the English language
Cambridge Park is enlarged by Martha Ashe the property having been in the Ashe family since 1657.
Systematic digging begins near Vesuvius, in an area where ancient fragments are often unearthed - soon discovered to be Pompeii
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)
The peace treaty returns all captured territories to their owners – with the exception of Silesia, which becomes part of Prussia
Walpole buys the house and grounds which the deeds call Strawberry Hill.
