January 22 » The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688.
February 12 » The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
March 12 » James II of England landed at Kinsale, starting the Williamite War in Ireland.
April 11 » William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.
August 21 » The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
October 26 » General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the disease himself soon after.
Day of death March 9, 1746
The temperature on March 9, 1746 was about 2.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
April 16 » The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
October 22 » The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
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