Year by year · 18th century

1745

1745 in world history: 13 events, 11 births, 8 deaths and 1 state founded. 1,235 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 28 March

    Austria defeats France at the Battle of Vilshofen

    In the War of the Austrian Succession, Austrian forces defeated the French and then plundered Vilshofen. The war was fought over Maria Theresa's right to inherit the Habsburg lands after the death of Emperor Charles VI.

    War of the Austrian Succession

  2. 11 May

    Marshal Saxe defeats the allied army at Fontenoy

    French forces under Maurice de Saxe beat British, Dutch and Hanoverian troops led by the Duke of Cumberland. The victory opened the way to the French conquest of the Austrian Netherlands.

  3. 4 June

    Frederick the Great defeats an Austro-Saxon army at Hohenfriedberg

    In the Second Silesian War, part of the War of the Austrian Succession, Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austro-Saxon army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine. It was one of Frederick's most admired victories.

    Frederick the GreatWar of the Austrian Succession

  4. 23 July

    Bonnie Prince Charlie lands on Eriskay

    Charles Edward Stuart landed on the Hebridean island of Eriskay to reclaim the throne for his father. The Jacobite rising he launched ended in defeat at Culloden in April 1746.

  5. 26 July

    First recorded women's cricket match is played in Surrey

    Eleven women of Bramley played eleven of Hambledon on Gosden Common near Guildford, reported in the Reading Mercury. It is the earliest recorded women's cricket match.

  6. 21 September

    Jacobites rout a government army at Prestonpans

    Bonnie Prince Charlie's Highlanders routed Sir John Cope's army in a few minutes near Edinburgh. The victory encouraged the Jacobite invasion of England, which turned back at Derby.

    England

  7. 6 December

    The Jacobite army turns back at Derby

    Overruling Charles Edward Stuart, his commanders began a retreat from Derby, about 125 miles from London. The rising ended at Culloden in April 1746.

    London

  8. Battle

    Battle of Kesselsdorf

    The Battle of Kesselsdorf was fought on 15 December 1745 west of Dresden, in the Second Silesian War.

  9. Treaty · Peace

    Treaty of Dresden (1745)

    The Peace of Dresden, signed on 25 December 1745 after the Prussian victory at Kesselsdorf, ended the Second Silesian War between Prussia on one side and Austria and Saxony on the other.

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Born in 1745 11

Died in 1745 8

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