1749 - What happened in 1749 ?

January 1749

Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.

King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, founded.

New Governor, Charles de la Ralière Des Herbiers, arrives at Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island).

Naval settlement of Halifax, Nova Scotia founded as British answer to Louisbourg.

According to mathematical calculations, Pluto moved outside Neptune's orbit to remain the outermost planet until 1979.

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