1746 - What happened in 1746 ?

January 1746

Saturday 08:

Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.

Monday 17:

Charles Edward Stuart, "Bonnie Prince Charlie", defeats a Hanoverian army at Falkirk in his ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the throne for the Jacobite dynasty.

April 1746

Saturday 16:

Second Jacobite Rebellion: The Battle of Culloden, the last battle of the Jacobite Uprising is fought, ultimately leading to the destruction of the Highland clans.

June 1746

Thursday 16:

War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza

October 1746

Saturday 22:

The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.