1745 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1745 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Whig

Events

* 30 April–11 May - War of the Austrian Succession: British forces defeated at the Battle of Fontenoy.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=310–311]
* 16 June - King George's War: British capture Cape Breton Island in North America from the French.
* 26 June - The earliest known women's cricket match, at Gosden Common in Surrey.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 217-218|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 23 July - 1745 Jacobite rising: The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart lands in the Hebrides in Scotland.
* 15 August–26 August - War of the Austrian Succession: By the convention of Hanover, King George II makes peace overtures to Prussia and ends support for Austria.
* 16 August - 1745 Jacobite rising: A Jacobite victory at Highbridge Skirmish.
* 19 August - 1745 Jacobite rising: Charles Stuart raises his standard at Glenfinnan.
* 11 September - 1745 Jacobite rising: Jacobites enter Edinburgh.
* 17 September - 1745 Jacobite rising: in Edinburgh, Charles Stuart proclaims his father James Francis Edward Stuart as James VIII of Scotland.
* 21 September - 1745 Jacobite rising: Government forces are defeated at the Battle of Prestonpans.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 28 September - The song later to become the British national anthem "God Save the King" first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre in London.
* 13 November–15 November - 1745 Jacobite rising: Jacobites besiege and capture Carlisle.
* December - 1745 Jacobite rising: Jacobite garrison in Carlisle surrenders to Hannoverian forces under Prince William, Duke of Cumberland.
* 4 December - 1745 Jacobite rising: Jacobite forces reach Derby causing panic in London.
* 6 December - 1745 Jacobite rising: Jacobite forces decide to retreat to Scotland.
* 18 December - 1745 Jacobite rising: A Jacobite victory at the Clifton Moor Skirmish.
* 23 December - 1745 Jacobite rising: A Jacobite victory at the Battle of Inverurie.

Undated

* West towers of Westminster Abbey completed.

Undated

* Henry Fielding edits the pro-government publication "The True Patriot".

Births

* 2 February - John Nichols, printer and author (died 1826)
* 14 February - Lady Sarah Lennox, courtier (died 1826)
* 20 February - Henry James Pye, poet (died 1813)
* 4 March - Charles Dibdin, composer (died 1814)
* 17 October - William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell, judge and jurist (died 1836)
* William Creech, Scottish bookseller and Lord Provost of Edinburgh (died 1815)

Deaths

* 18 March - Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1676)
* 10 October - Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish writer (b. 1667, Ireland)

References

ee also