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1746| 1730–1807 | UK [newspapers] | The Daily Advertiser is launched in London, England. With its dependence on advertisements, this may be regarded as the first modern newspaper. | | 1743–1760 | North America [town planning] | Paving city streets in the North American colonies becomes common, making the colonial streets drier and smoother than those in Britain. | | 1746 | [maths] | French mathematician Jean d'Alembert further develops the theory of complex numbers. | | 1746 | France [thought and scholarship] | French writer and encyclopedist Denis Diderot publishes Pensées philosophiques/Philosophical Thoughts. | | 30 March 1746 | Spain [births and deaths] | Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter and engraver known for his depiction of contemporary events, born in Fuendetodos, Spain (–1828). | | 16 April 1746 | UK [wars] | The Jacobite army under Prince Charles Edward Stuart (‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’), the ‘Young Pretender’, is totally defeated in the Battle of Culloden in Scotland by the English military commander William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, who subsequently abolishes the Scottish clan organization. He earns the nickname ‘Butcher’ for his ruthlessness in hunting down the Jacobite rebels. Stuart escapes from the aftermath of the battle. | | 16 June 1746 | Austria, Habsburg Monarchy, Holy Roman Empire, Sardinia, France, Spain, Italy [War of the Austrian Succession (1740–46)] | Victorious at the Battle of Piacenza, Austria and Sardinia are able to expel the French and Spanish forces from the Italian kingdoms of Lombardy and Sardinia. |
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