1747
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| Years: 1744 1745 1746 - 1747 - 1748 1749 1750 | |
| Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1747 in literature List of state leaders in 1747 | |
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Events
- January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital
- April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain
- May 3 - Battle of Cape Finisterre in the War of the Austrian Succession
- July 2 - Battle of Lawfeld
- November 9 – Rioters in Amsterdam demand governmental reform
- December 16 – Canter of Coltbrigg – 13th and 14th Dragoons flee Jacobites of Charles Edward Stuart
- Emperor Momozono ascends to the throne of Japan, succeeding Emperor Sakuramachi
- Kandahar taken from Nadir Shah by Ahmad Shah Durrani, and becomes the first capital of the newly-independent Afghanistan
- Thomas Herring appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
- James Lind discovers that citrus fruits prevent scurvy
- Wearing of the kilt banned in Scotland by the Dress Act
- Samuel Johnson begins work on A Dictionary of the English Language
Ongoing events
Births
- January 15 - John Aikin, English doctor and writer (died 1822)
- January 19 - Johann Elert Bode, German astronomer (died 1826)
- January 26 - Samuel Parr, English schoolmaster (died 1825)
- May 5 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1792)
- July 6 - John Paul Jones, American naval captain (died 1792)
- October 8 - Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (died 1807)
- December 12 - Anna Seward, English writer (died 1809)
- François Tourte, French musical instrument maker (died 1835)
Deaths
- January 16 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680)
- March 16 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690)
- April 2 - Johann Jacob Dillenius, German botanist (b. 1684)
- April 9 - Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat (born c.1667)
- May 31 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
- June - Nadir Shah, Persian leader (b, 1688)
- June 19 - Giovanni Bononcini, Italian composer
- October 10 - John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c.1674)
- November 17 - Alain-René Le Sage, French novelist and playwright (born 1668)
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