1745 in Great Britain

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1745 in Great Britain:

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Events from the year 1745 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Events

• 16 August - A Jacobite victory at Highbridge Skirmish.
• 19 August - Beginning of the '45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan.
• 21 September - Government forces are defeated at the Battle of Prestonpans. ^[1]
• 13 November–15 November - Jacobites besiege and capture Carlisle.
• 4 December - Jacobite forces reach Derby causing panic in London.
• 6 December - Jacobite forces decide to retreat to Scotland.
• December - Jacobite garrison in Carlisle surrenders to Hannoverian forces under Prince William, Duke of Cumberland.
• 18 December - A Jacobite victory at the Clifton Moor Skirmish.
• 23 December - A Jacobite victory at the Battle of Inverurie.

[edit] Births

• 20 February - Henry James Pye, poet (died 1813)
• 4 March - Charles Dibdin, composer (d. 1814)
• 17 October - William Scott Stowell, 1st Baron Stowell, judge and jurist (d. 1836)

[edit] Deaths

• 18 March - Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1676)

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of years in Great Britain