1746

Events 
 January 8 – Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling
 April 16 – Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings
 August 18 – Two of the four rebellious Scottish lords, Earl of Kilmarnock and Lord Balmeniro beheaded in the Tower (Lord Lovat executed 1747)
 October 22 – The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896)
 October 28 – An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru
 Catharine de Ricci (born 1522) canonized.
 Town of Vilkovo (Odes'ka oblast', Ukraine) is founded.