January 6 » The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
March 24 » Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
April 4 » Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
April 26 » A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
August 18 » The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
October 22 » Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.
Day of marriage April 27, 1747
The temperature on April 27, 1747 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
July 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
October 2 » The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.
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