What Happened In 1748 - Historical Events 1748

Historical Events for the Year 1748

26th August » The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
18th October » Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) e.g Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.

5th February » Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor (d. 1798)
5th February » Elias Stein (chess player) named Elias Stein, Dutch chess player (d. 1812)
6th February » Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher (d. 1830)
9th February » Luther Martin, American politician (d. 1826)
15th February » Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (d. 1832)
5th March » Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
5th March » William Shield, English violinist and composer (d. 1829)
8th March » William V, Prince of Orange (d. 1806)
19th March » Elias Hicks, American preacher and activist (d. 1830)
12th April » Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (d. 1836)
20th April » Georg Michael Telemann, German composer and theologian (d. 1831)
27th April » Adamantios Korais, Greek scholar (d. 1833)
7th May » Olympe de Gouges, French playwright (d. 1793)
22nd May » Thomas Roberts (painter) e.g Thomas Roberts, Irish painter (d. 1778)
11th August » Joseph Schuster (composer) e.g Joseph Schuster, German composer (d. 1812)
31st August » Jean-Étienne Despréaux, French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, and playwright (d. 1820)
7th October » Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)
30th October » Martha Jefferson, American wife of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1782)
11th November » Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819)
30th November » Joachim Albertini, Italian-Polish composer (d. 1838)
9th December » Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (d. 1822)

1st January » Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1667)
16th January » Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch scholar (b. 1684)
18th February » Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
14th March » George Wade, Irish field marshal (b. 1673)
23rd March » Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (b. 1684)
12th April » William Kent, English architect, designed Holkham Hall and Chiswick House (b. 1685)
24th April » Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
12th May » Thomas Lowndes (astronomer) called Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer (b. 1692)
27th August » James Thomson (poet) e.g James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
6th September » Edmund Gibson, English bishop (b. 1669)
10th September » Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (b. 1663)
21st September » John Balguy, English philosopher and author (b. 1686)
25th November » Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (b. 1674)
2nd December » Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662)