Events from the year 1748 in Scotland. Lord Advocate – William Grant of Prestongrange Solicitor General for Scotland – Patrick Haldane of Gleneagles,...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1748. 1748 (MDCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on...
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Treason Outlawries (Scotland) Act 1748 (22 Geo. 2. c. 48) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which applied only to Scotland. Its long title was...
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Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...
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three days after giving birth to a daughter who died in 1748. Born at the Royal Alcazar of Madrid in Spain, she was the second daughter of King Philip V...
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Events from the year 1748 in Canada. French Monarch: Louis XV British and Irish Monarch: George II Governor General of New France: Roland-Michel Barrin...
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union of Scotland and England under the Acts of Union 1707, the term 'county' came to be used interchangeably with the older term 'shire'. From 1748 onwards...
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Fort George, Highland (redirect from Fort George, Scotland)
the north-east of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It was built to control the Scottish Highlands in the aftermath of the Jacobite...
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article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1748. January – The play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜, Yoshitsune and the Thousand...
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James VI and I (redirect from James VI of Scotland)
1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns...
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The Press and Journal (redirect from The Press and Journal (Scotland))
The Newspaper Society History of British Newspapers "1748 Aberdeen Journal began (Scotland's oldest newspaper – now the Press and Journal)." Reid 2006...
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(1593–1666), Scottish clergyman Robert Blair (minister) (1837–1907), Scottish minister Robert Blair (astronomer) (1748–1828), Scottish astronomer Robert...
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the year 1748. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. See also...
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Events from the year 1748 in Great Britain. Monarch – George II Prime Minister – Henry Pelham (Whig) 28 March – a fire in the City of London causes over...
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James Thomson (poet, born 1700) (category 1748 deaths)
James Thomson (c. 11 September 1700 – 27 August 1748) was a Scottish poet and playwright, known for his poems The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence,...
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osteochondrodysplasia in heterozygous Scottish Fold cats". The Journal of Small Animal Practice. 49 (4): 197–9. doi:10.1111/j.1748-5827.2008.00561.x. PMID 18339089...
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Alexander Anderson (botanist) (1748–1811), Scottish surgeon and botanist Alexander Anderson (mathematician) (c. 1580–1620), Scottish mathematician Alexander...
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William Christie may refer to: William Christie (Unitarian) (1748–1823), Scottish Unitarian writer William Harvie Christie (1808–1873), Australian army...
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Canadian ice hockey player and coach, brother of Larry John Playfair (1748–1819), Scottish scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy; brother...
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DeBernardi (1899–1970), American basketball player Forrest Dewar (1748–1817), Scottish surgeon Forrest C. Donnell (1884–1980), U.S. Senator and 40th Governor...
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Events from the year 2024 in Scotland. First Minister Humza Yousaf (until 7 May 2024 ) John Swinney (starting 8 May 2024) Secretary of State: Alister...
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Robert Blair (astronomer) (category 1748 births)
FRSE (1748 – 22 December 1828) was a Scottish astronomer. He was born in Garvald, East Lothian, the son of Rev Archibald Blair, the local minister. In 1773...
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the act of 1711. This act was further modified in 1746 and 1748 to exclude clergy ordained in Scotland. These causes reduced the Episcopalians who, by...
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Collection of Poems (1748–58), Volume 2 includes Thomas Gray's "Ode [on the Spring]", "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes"...
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William Stewart (c. 1706 – 3 May 1748) was a Scottish soldier and politician MP in the British Parliament. He was the third son of James Stewart, 5th...
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year 1748 in science and technology involved some significant events. Rediscovery of the ruins of Pompeii. Thomas Frye of the Bow porcelain factory in London...
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John Mackie (physician) (category 1748 births)
(1748 – 29 January 1831) was a Scottish physician. Mackie was the eldest of a family of fifteen children, was born in 1748 at Dunfermline Abbey in Fifeshire...
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Window tax (category 1748 establishments in Scotland)
later). In England and Wales it was introduced in 1696 and in Scotland from 1748. It was repealed in both cases in 1851. In France it was established in 1798...
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The recorded history of Scotland begins with the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 1st century, when the province of Britannia reached as far north as...
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David (1748–1825). The growth of a musical culture in the capital was marked by the incorporation of the Musical Society of Edinburgh in 1728. Scottish composers...
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