June 11 » Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
August 26 » The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
October 12 » War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
October 18 » Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
Christening day December 25, 1748
The temperature on December 25, 1748 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 4 » France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
July 9 » The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
August 4 » A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
October 22 » Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States in the Harmar Campaign.
November 1 » Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
December 31 » Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.
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