1746 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1746 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

[edit] Incumbents

8 January - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
17 January - Government forces suffer a defeat to Jacobite forces at the Battle of Falkirk.^[1]
10 February - William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath forms the Short-lived Ministry following the resignation of Henry Pelham. It lasts a mere two days.
16 April - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Rising.^[2] Culloden is the last pitched battle fought on British soil. George Frideric Handel composes the oratorio Judas Maccabaeus to commemorate the Duke of Cumberland's victory.^[3]
June - Samuel Johnson is contracted to write his A Dictionary of the English Language.
6 May - William Pitt the Elder appointed Paymaster of the Forces and Henry Fox appointed Secretary at War.^[3]
27 June - Charles Edward Stuart, also known as Bonnie Prince Charlie and The Young Pretender, escapes to Isle of Skye with the aid of Flora MacDonald.^[2]
1 August - Wearing of the kilt is banned in Scotland by the Dress Act.
18 August - Two of the four rebellious Scottish lords, Earl of Kilmarnock and Lord Balmeniro beheaded in the Tower (Lord Lovat executed 1747).
20 September - Charles Edward Stuart escapes to France with the aid of Flora MacDonald.^[3]
21 September - In India, Madras is captured by the French led by Joseph François Dupleix.^[3]

^ The Battle of Falkirk 1746, BritishBattles.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
^ ^a ^b (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 311. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.