1748
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| Years: 1745 1746 1747 - 1748 - 1749 1750 1751 | |
| Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1748 in topic: Lists of leaders: | |
Events
- April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war
- Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh
- Building of Sveaborg begins near Helsinki
- Henry Fielding organizes forerunner of the Bow Street Runners – eight men at first
- Ahmad Shah captures Lahore.
- Discovery of ruins of Pompeii
Births
- January 1 - Gottfried August Bürger, German poet (d. 1794)
- February 2 - Adam Weishaupt, German founder of the Order of the Illuminati (d. 1811)
- February 9 - Luther Martin, American politician (d. 1826)
- February 15 - Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and writer (d. 1832)
- February 22 - Timothy Dexter, American businessman (d. 1806)
- February 27 - Anders Sparrman, Swedish naturalist (d. 1820)
- March 5 - William Shield, English violinist and composer (d. 1829)
- March 5 - Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
- March 8 - Prince William V of Orange (d. 1806)
- March 10 - John Playfair, Scottish scientist (d. 1819)
- April 12 - Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (d. 1836)
- April 27 - Pierre-Louis Ginguené, French author (d. 1815)
- April 27 - Adamantios Korais, Greek scholar (d. 1833)
- May 3 - Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, French cleric and constitutional theorist (d. 1836)
- May 7 - Olympe de Gouges, French playwright (d. 1793)
- May 28 - Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (d. 1825)
- June 8 - William Few, American politician (d. 1828)
- June 30 - Jacques Dominique, comte de Cassini, French astronomer (d. 1845)
- August 8 - Johann Friedrich Gmelin, German naturalist (d. 1804)
- August 30 - Jacques-Louis David, French painter (d. 1825)
- October 7 - King Charles XIII of Sweden (Charles II of Norway) (d. 1818)
- October 13 - Johann Dominicus Fiorillo, German painter and art historian (d. 1821)
- October 19 - Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1782)
- November 11 - King Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819)
- December 9 - Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (d. 1822)
- December 14 - William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (d. 1811)
- Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, French ornithologist (d. 1831)
- James Sayers, English caricaturist (d. 1823)
- William Chalmers, Swedish merchant (d. 1811)
Deaths
- January 1 - Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1667)
- January 16 - Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)
- February 18 - Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
- March 14 - George Wade, British military leader (b. 1673)
- March 23 - Johann Gottfried Walther, German music theorist, organist, and composer (b. 1684)
- April 12 - William Kent, English architect
- May 12 - Thomas Lowndes, British astronomer (b. 1692)
- August 27 - James Thomson, Scottish poet (b. 1700)
- September 6 - Edmund Gibson, English jurist (b. 1669)
- September 12 - Anne Bracegirdle, English actress
- September 21 - John Balguy, English philosopher (b. 1686)
- November 25 - Isaac Watts, English hymn writer (b. 1674)
- December 2 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662)
- Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (b. 1672)
