Events 1748

1 events

1.1 january–june
1.2 july–december
1.3 date unknown

events
january–june

january 12 – ahmad shah durrani captures lahore.
march 11 – in battle near manupur (15 km northwest of sirhind), mughal forces under prince ahmad shah bahadur victorious against ahmad shah durrani.
march 28 – fire in city of london causes on million pounds worth of damage.
april – maastricht conquered maurice de saxe.
april 24 – war of austrian succession: congress assembles @ aix-la-chapelle (aachen), intent conclude war.

july–december

august – camberwell beauty butterfly named after specimens found @ camberwell in london.
september 24 – shah rukh becomes ruler of greater khorasan.
october 12 – war of jenkin s ear – battle of havana: british caribbean squadron engage spanish squadron based near havana.
october 18 – war of austrian succession: treaty of aix-la-chapelle signed end war. great britain obtains madras, in india, france, in exchange fortress of louisbourg in canada.

date unknown

leonhard euler publishes introductio in analysin infinitorum, introduction pure analytical mathematics, in berlin.
montesquieu publishes de l esprit des lois.
friedrich gottlieb klopstock publishes first 3 cantos of epic poem der messias in hexameters (anonymously), in bremer beiträge (leipzig).
adam smith begins deliver public lectures in edinburgh.
the royal swedish academy of sciences makes eva ekeblad first female member.
construction of sveaborg fortification begins near helsinki.
the ruins of pompeii rediscovered.
louis xv of france breaks promise eliminate income tax, after treaty of aix-la-chapelle ends war. parlement of paris protests, reduces tax 5%.