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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1749. 1749 (MDCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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    Scalping (redirect from Scalp Act of 1749)
    Acadia, French colonists offered payments to Indians for British scalps. In 1749, British governor Edward Cornwallis created an extirpation proclamation,...
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  • 1740s BC (redirect from 1749 BC)
    The 1740s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1749 BC to December 31, 1740 BC. 1749 BC–Samsu-iluna succeeds Hammurabi as king of Babylon. However...
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    1740s (redirect from 1740-1749)
    (pronounced "seventeen-forties") decade ran from January 1, 1740, to December 31, 1749. Many events during this decade sparked an impetus for the Age of Reason...
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    Events from the year 1749 in Canada. French Monarch: Louis XV British and Irish Monarch: George II Governor General of New France: Roland-Michel Barrin...
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    to be the Royal yacht and resumed her classification as a Sixth Rate. In 1749 a new Royal Caroline was built to replace her. She reverted to being a naval...
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  • Hospital in London at which the Foundling Hospital Anthem is premiered. 1749–1750 – Bach revises his The Art of Fugue BWV 1080, but the project will be...
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  • article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1749. February – The second part of John Cleland's erotic novel Fanny Hill (Memoirs...
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    Hylton. It was sold by a private Act of Parliament (23 Geo. 2. c. 21) in 1749. The new owner was to be a Mr. Wogan who returned from the East Indies to...
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    Armament 90 guns of various weights of shot Notes Rebuilt, 1749 General characteristics after 1749 rebuild Class and type 1741 proposals 90-gun second rate...
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    Thomas Claiborne (February 1, 1749 – 1812) was a planter and politician from Brunswick County, Virginia, who represented Virginia in the United States...
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    Gazette. 20 June 1749. p. 2. "No. 8898". The London Gazette. 31 October 1749. p. 3. "No. 8902". The London Gazette. 17 November 1749. p. 3. "No. 8963"...
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    Françoise Marie de Bourbon (Légitimée de France; 4 May 1677 – 1 February 1749) was the youngest illegitimate daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his...
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    Shahu I (category 1749 deaths)
    Raje Bhosale; Marathi pronunciation: [ʃaːɦuː]; 18 May 1682 – 15 December 1749) was the fifth Chhatrapati of the Maratha Confederacy founded by his grandfather...
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  • Events from the year 1749 in France Monarch – Louis XV Louis-Pierre Deseine – sculptor (died 1822) André Cardinal Destouches, composer (born 1672) Charles...
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    The Battle of Ambur (3 August 1749) was the first major battle of the Second Carnatic War. The battle was initiated by Muzaffar Jung and supported by Joseph...
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    HMY Royal Caroline was a ship-rigged royal yacht. She was ordered in 1749 to replace HMY Carolina as Britain's principal royal yacht. She was built at...
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    John Watts Jr. (August 27, 1749 – September 3, 1836) was an American lawyer and politician from New York City who represented New York in the U.S. House...
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  • The year 1749 in science and technology involved some significant events. Pierre Bouguer publishes La figure de la terre in Paris, describing some of the...
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  • This was the greatest land reform in Swedish history. The shift began in 1749 by the initiative of Jacob Faggot, and in 1757 a regulation was issued to...
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    Philip Livingston (July 9, 1686 – February 11, 1749) was an American merchant, slave trader and politician in colonial New York. The son of Robert Livingston...
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    complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the years 1745–1749. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England...
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    Conrad Heyer (April 10, 1749 or 1753 – February 19, 1856) was an American farmer, veteran of the American Revolutionary War, and centenarian. He is often...
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  • Events from the year 1749 in Ireland. Monarch: George II 3 June – radical apothecary Charles Lucas begins publication of The Censor, or Citizens' Journal...
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    Levi Lincoln Sr. (May 15, 1749 – April 14, 1820) was an American revolutionary, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. A Democratic-Republican, he most...
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    inherited the Smithson Baronetcy in 1733. He changed his surname to Percy in 1749, nine years after his marriage with Lady Elizabeth Seymour (1716–1776), daughter...
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    Edward Cornwallis arrived to establish Halifax with 13 transports on 21 June 1749. The British quickly began to build other settlements. To guard against Miꞌkmaq...
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    Marquis of Ensenada, and set in motion simultaneously across Spain on 30 July 1749. Since a royal edict by Charles II in 1695, Spanish Romani had been restricted...
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    … 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 … Buildings and structures Art Archaeology Architecture...
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    October 1716 – 25 June 1749) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1747 to 1749. The oldest son of Charles...
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