1745 Calendar
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1745 Historical Event(s)
February 18, 1745
– The city of Surakarta, Central Java is founded on the banks of Bengawan Solo River, and becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Surakarta.
May 11, 1745
– War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy – French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army.
June 16, 1745
– British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada.
July 9, 1745
– War of the Austrian Succession: French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
July 26, 1745
– The first recorded women’s cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
September 21, 1745
– Battle of Prestonpans: A Hanoverian army under the command of Sir John Cope is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
November 8, 1745
– Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
December 4, 1745
– Charles Edward Stewart’s army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the second Jacobite Rising.
December 6, 1745
– Charles Edward Stuart’s army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
Who Were Born On 1745?
January 1, 1745
– Anthony Wayne, American general and statesman (d. 1796)
February 18, 1745
– Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (d. 1827)
March 10, 1745
– John Gunby, American soldier (d. 1807)
April 20, 1745
– Philippe Pinel, French physician (d. 1826)
April 29, 1745
– Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807)
July 5, 1745
– Carl Arnold Kortum, German physician (d. 1824)
July 13, 1745
– Robert Calder, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1818)
September 16, 1745
– Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (d. 1813)
November 24, 1745
– Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1792)
December 24, 1745
– Benjamin Rush, doctor and Founding Father of the United States (d. 1813)