Year by year · 18th century

1747

1747 in world history: 6 events, 3 births, 7 deaths and 9 states founded. 1,250 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 31 January

    London Lock Hospital opens for venereal disease patients

    The Lock Hospital at Hyde Park Corner opened as the first hospital in Britain dedicated to treating venereal disease. It later added a chapel and an asylum for women.

    London

  2. Battle

    Battle of Assietta

    The Battle of the Assietta was fought on 19 July 1747 on the Assietta ridge in the Cottian Alps west of Turin.

  3. Event

    Assassination of Nader Shah

    The assassination of Nader Shah was the killing of the founder of the Afsharid Empire by his own officers in 1747.

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In the profiles

  • Afsharid EmpireNader Shah is assassinated by his own officers near Quchan
  • Zand EmpireNader Shah's assassination leaves Iran in a power vacuum

Wars and longer events

Born in 1747 3

Died in 1747 7

States founded 9

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