Event of Interest
Jan 6 Bonnie Prince Charlies' army draws to Glasgow
Bonnie Prince Charlie
- Jan 8 Britain, Austria, Netherlands & Saxony sign anti-Prussian Quadruple Alliance
- Feb 15 Colley Cibbers "Papal Tyranny" premieres in London
- Feb 18 Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness, Scotland
- Feb 20 Jacobite troops occupy Fort Augustus, Scotland
- Mar 9 Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston
- Mar 31 Jews are expelled from Prague
- Apr 2 Austria & Bavaria sign peace
- May 11 Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war
Victory in Battle
Jun 4 Battle at Hohenfriedberg Silezie: Frederick the Great (Prussia) defeats Austrians and Saxons
Frederick the Great
- Jun 16 British fleet occupies Cape Breton on St Lawrence River
- Jun 17 American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton Island from French
- Jun 22 Bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland
- Jul 1 Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlie's frigate Doutelle [OS]
- Jul 9 Bonnie Prince Charlie's warship Elisabeth battles HMS Lion
- Jul 12 Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlie's frigate Doutelle [NS]
- Jul 23 Charles Edward Stuart, "the Young Pretender", lands at Eriskay Island, Hebrides
- Jul 25 Jacoibite Rising Bonnie Prince Charlie lands on Eriskay, Hebrides
- Aug 5 Jacobite Rising 1745: Jacobite forces capture British company of troops under Captain Scott
- Aug 19 Jacobite Rising 1745 : Bonnie Prince Charlie, raises his standard at Glenfinnan, Scotland, igniting the second Jacobite rebellion.
- Aug 26 Britan, Prussia & Hannover sign treaty
- Aug 31 Jacobite Rising 1745: Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle, Scotland
- Sep 17 Edinburgh occupied by Jacobites under Charles Edward Stuart (aka the Young Pretender or Bonny Prince Charlie)
- Sep 21 Battle of Preston Pans: Bonnie Prince Charles beats British government army
- Sep 22 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army returns to Edinburgh
- Oct 14 French help convoy reaches Montrose Scotland
- Nov 11 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army enters England
- Nov 18 Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Carlisle
- Nov 28 French troops and Indian forces attack Saratoga, NY, killing many and taking prisoners
- Nov 29 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army moves into Manchester and occupies Carlisle
- Dec 4 Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby
- Dec 6 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army retreats to Scotland
- Dec 10 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army reaches Manchester
- Dec 15 Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen & Austria
- Dec 20 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army reaches the river Esk
- Dec 25 Prussia and Austria sign Treaty of Dresden giving much of Silesia to the Prussians