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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <h3>January–March</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_8/SGESoya0">January 8</a> – The Young Pretender <a href="/facts/Charles_Edward_Stuart/20a98UYH">Charles Edward Stuart</a> occupies <a href="/facts/Stirling/XKS1uGQC">Stirling</a>, <a href="/facts/Scotland/VGwbbxB2">Scotland</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_17/9uBLlBms">January 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Falkirk_Muir/dwgFw0ne">Battle of Falkirk Muir</a>: <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">British</a> Government forces are defeated by Jacobite forces.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_1/PWaVIqWB">February 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Jagat_Singh_II/WUInwAqo">Jagat Singh II</a>, the ruler of the <a href="/facts/Mewar_Kingdom/TqDuKKpg">Mewar Kingdom</a>, inaugurates his <a href="/facts/Lake_Palace/kDRoNsg5">Lake Palace</a> on the island of Jag Niwas in <a href="/facts/Lake_Pichola/odtmMIUQ">Lake Pichola</a>, in what is now the state of <a href="/facts/Rajasthan/rC0MvrRD">Rajasthan</a> in northwest India.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_19/psh1WWTJ">February 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Prince_William%2c_Duke_of_Cumberland/Gv9MX7Yp">Prince William, Duke of Cumberland</a>, issues a proclamation offering an amnesty to participants in the <a href="/facts/Jacobite_rising_of_1745/lR22jbES">Jacobite rebellion</a>, directing them that they can avoid punishment if they turn their weapons in to their local Presbyterian church.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_22/hmqWo2Jy">February 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Brussels/tNzHrQYP">Brussels</a>, at the time part of the <a href="/facts/Austrian_Netherlands/JIEJQoMy">Austrian Netherlands</a>, surrenders to <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>'s Marshal <a href="/facts/Maurice_de_Saxe/qGRJgfSf">Maurice de Saxe</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_10/pcuzvzSX">March 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Zakariya_Khan_Bahadur/a4zwvKc1">Zakariya Khan Bahadur</a>, the <a href="/facts/Mughal_Empire/yRg2kAy5">Mughal Empire</a>'s viceroy administering <a href="/facts/Lahore/cjHrUPaD">Lahore</a> (in what is now Pakistan), orders the massacre of the city's <a href="/facts/Sikh_people/V7yh2L8b">Sikh people</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>April–June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_16/2EvLEGQn">April 16</a> – The <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Culloden/7vpNQTzR">Battle of Culloden</a> in Scotland, the final <a href="/facts/Pitched_battle/vrl4da9w">pitched battle</a> fought on British soil, brings an end to the <a href="/facts/Jacobite_rising_of_1745/lR22jbES">Jacobite rising of 1745</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_27/TWP3cqDQ">May 27</a> – The three Scottish leaders of the <a href="/facts/Jacobite_rising_of_1745/lR22jbES">Jacobite uprising</a>— the <a href="/facts/William_Boyd%2c_4th_Earl_of_Kilmarnock/NRex7TIo">Earl of Kilmarnock</a>, <a href="/facts/Arthur_Elphinstone%2c_6th_Lord_Balmerino/jAc8MmgG">Lord Balmerino</a>, and <a href="/facts/Simon_Fraser%2c_11th_Lord_Lovat/pVxzTTJ1">Lord Lovat</a>— are imprisoned for treason in the <a href="/facts/Tower_of_London/D80dKXrh">Tower of London</a>, where they are held by the British government until their execution. Boyd and Balmerino are beheaded in August, while Fraser is not put to death until April 1747.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_16/WtGcu88a">June 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Piacenza/DQ3b8Lb3">Battle of Piacenza</a>: Austrian forces defeat French and Spanish troops.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_18/q2teIc65">June 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Samuel_Johnson/yl89qQ3t">Samuel Johnson</a> is contracted to write his <i>A Dictionary of the English Language</i>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_29/3QLmKXqL">June 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Catherine_of_Ricci/8cQu8nu1">Catherine of Ricci</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1522/ePY7cecW">1522</a>) is canonized.</li></ul> <h3>July–September</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_3/gKlJPhUd">July 3</a> – Father Joachim Royo, the last of the five Spanish Catholic missionaries to <a href="/facts/Fuzhou/cwdq5LnU">Fuzhou</a> in <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a>, is captured by Chinese authorities, after having spent three decades defying orders to not evangelize.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> He and three fellow priests are put to death two years later, on October 28, 1748.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_9/Yp5pBkUI">July 9</a> – King <a href="/facts/Philip_V_of_Spain/6mIITvTo">Philip V of Spain</a> dies, after a reign of more than 45 years. His oldest living son succeeds him, as <a href="/facts/Ferdinand_VI_of_Spain/FLNlTssc">King Ferdinand VI</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_1/K6a8b43b">August 1</a> – The wearing of the <a href="/facts/Kilt/BrsYNpGp">kilt</a> is banned in <a href="/facts/Scotland/VGwbbxB2">Scotland</a> by the <a href="/facts/Dress_Act/UXSjpqA7">Dress Act</a> (Note: the actual effective date of the Dress Act was <a href="/facts/August_1/K6a8b43b">August 1</a>, <a href="/facts/1747/3lzY2C0l">1747</a>, not 1746).</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_18/BLYFtpnd">August 18</a> – Two of the four rebellious Scottish lords, <a href="/facts/Earl_of_Kilmarnock/3EzWLzSW">Earl of Kilmarnock</a> and <a href="/facts/Arthur_Elphinstone%2c_6th_Lord_Balmerinoch/jAc8MmgG">Lord Balmerinoch</a>, are beheaded in the <a href="/facts/Tower_of_London/D80dKXrh">Tower of London</a> (Lord Lovat is executed in <a href="/facts/1747/3lzY2C0l">1747</a>).</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_20/QLfbxI7z">September 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Bonnie_Prince_Charlie/20a98UYH">Bonnie Prince Charlie</a> flees to the <a href="/facts/Isle_of_Skye/BcR9pSrw">Isle of Skye</a> from <a href="/facts/Arisaig/SrmXmNHw">Arisaig</a>, after the unsuccessful <a href="/facts/Jacobite_rising_of_1745/lR22jbES">Jacobite rising of 1745</a>, marked by the <a href="/facts/Prince%2527s_Cairn/66SkFFDu">Prince's Cairn</a> on the banks of <a href="/facts/Loch_nan_Uamh/IKYpV0Uc">Loch nan Uamh</a>.</li></ul> <h3>October–December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_11/poTT45D9">October 11</a> – <a href="/facts/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession/ca1k0Fet">War of the Austrian Succession</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Rocoux/8GRg4m5H">Battle of Rocoux</a>: The <a href="/facts/Early_Modern_France/bGuzvsPu">French</a> army defeats the allied <a href="/facts/Habsburg_monarchy/ctwsV3TC">Austrian</a>, <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain/5yBEtQIt">British</a>, <a href="/facts/Electorate_of_Hanover/ljnnycSh">Hanoveran</a> and <a href="/facts/Dutch_Republic/PlxBXbKF">Dutch</a> army in <a href="/facts/Rocourt%2c_Li%25C3%25A8ge/vShvCWQJ">Rocourt</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_22/AT2kAN3s">October 22</a> – The <a href="/facts/Princeton_University/n3EPGHBM">College of New Jersey</a> is founded in Princetown, New Jersey. In 1896, it is renamed Princeton University.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_28/030z6rqj">October 28</a> – An <a href="/facts/1746_Lima%25E2%2580%2593Callao_earthquake/gaoYWjdv">earthquake</a> demolishes <a href="/facts/Lima/YrHEnS3R">Lima</a> and <a href="/facts/Callao/GjSCYb0k">Callao</a>, in <a href="/facts/Viceroyalty_of_Peru/tYU3NF2X">Peru</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_4/c1quLHEN">November 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Anwaruddin_Khan/k41tqFUr">Anwaruddin Khan</a>, the Nawab of the <a href="/facts/Arcot_State/0Yl8vfyv">Arcot State</a> in South India, is driven back by the Captain Louis Paradis of the French Army after he and 10,000 soldiers attempt to drive the French back out of <a href="/facts/Madras/8ngv75bW">Madras</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_5/qEN5wMzt">December 5</a> – Rallied by a teenage boy, Giovanni Battista Perasso (nicknamed <a href="/facts/Balilla/E6YIK4pj">Balilla</a>"), the citizens of the <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Genoa/WUngElFp">Republic of Genoa</a> <a href="/facts/Siege_of_Genoa_(1746)/KNfYq8R9">rise up against the Austrian occupying troops</a> and the collaborator Military Governor, the Genoese <a href="/facts/Marquis_of_Botta_d%2527Adorno/HWaG6BH9">Marquis of Botta d'Adorno</a>. By December 11, the Austrian soldiers are driven from the Italian city-state, but return a few months later.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Date unknown</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Eva_Ekeblad/tdRLc1c8">Eva Ekeblad</a> reports her discovery, of how to make flour and alcohol from potatoes, to the <a href="/facts/Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Sciences/QazgtP1n">Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences</a>.</li> <li>The town of <a href="/facts/Vilkovo/xnd4o2kw">Vilkovo</a> (<a href="/facts/Odes%2527ka_oblast%2527/Fch9IhR3">Odes'ka oblast'</a>, <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a>) is founded.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gabriel_Johnston/dFnnGLzq">Gabriel Johnston</a>, British Governor of the <a href="/facts/Province_of_North_Carolina/HHd4oPw3">Province of North Carolina</a>, moves to <a href="/facts/New_Bern%2c_North_Carolina/vPEgvusW">New Bern</a>, the province's largest. New Bern replaces <a href="/facts/Edenton%2c_North_Carolina/zpeLL2rz">Edenton</a> as the capital of North Carolina until <a href="/facts/Raleigh%2c_North_Carolina/6WznvprP">Raleigh</a> is established in <a href="/facts/1792/YszyqCQ7">1792</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charles_Batteux/87r8H2Hz">Charles Batteux</a>'s <i>Les beaux-arts réduits à un même principe</i> is published in Paris, putting forward for the first time the idea of "<i>les beaux arts</i>": "the <a href="/facts/Fine_arts/eCVxehXE">fine arts</a>".</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_4/krKQrxA8">January 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Benjamin_Rush/xpE1Cw6g">Benjamin Rush</a>, a <a href="/facts/Founding_Father_of_the_United_States/2QxuFllb">Founding Father of the United States</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1813/24mtbexz">1813</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_12/QqF02HGt">January 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Heinrich_Pestalozzi/VLjPQCBb">Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi</a>, Swiss pedagogue (d. <a href="/facts/1827/3VPfpxnF">1827</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_24/rgy52alf">January 24</a> – King <a href="/facts/Gustav_III_of_Sweden/BJ8nbQNR">Gustav III of Sweden</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1792/YszyqCQ7">1792</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_4/6MnFnWYE">February 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Tadeusz_Ko%25C5%259Bciuszko/FqbPnbpe">Tadeusz Kościuszko</a>, Polish general and nationalist (d. <a href="/facts/1817/0Qb5vfNS">1817</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_5/qvfM8JAn">February 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Cotesworth_Pinckney/SozSKuT8">Charles Cotesworth Pinckney</a>, American politician and soldier (d. <a href="/facts/1825/1G8RPV5b">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_3/vluyLoq4">March 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Izabela_Czartoryska/zdSKHoga">Izabela Czartoryska</a>, Polish magnate princess (d. <a href="/facts/1835/R5LlTYAg">1835</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_7/GNEJyzVn">March 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Andr%25C3%25A9_Michaux/MX3nmaBj">André Michaux</a>, French botanist (d. <a href="/facts/1802/opxy9FNB">1802</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_30/LExPaddU">March 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Francisco_Goya/yG0aRx0w">Francisco Goya</a>, Spanish painter (d. <a href="/facts/1828/dgLDhnSW">1828</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_4/2L9S4wXV">April 4</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Andrews_(priest)/XP1xxeBh">John Andrews</a>, American clergyman, Provost of the University of Pennsylvania (d. <a href="/facts/1813/24mtbexz">1813</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_9/0sQWxsWS">May 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Gaspard_Monge/JMvYFCFv">Gaspard Monge</a>, French <a href="/facts/Mathematician/eaFSR8Fx">mathematician</a> and <a href="/facts/Geometer/lg9o1Pjo">geometer</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1818/8YwUybJm">1818</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_3/0xgJm0U3">June 3</a> – <a href="/facts/James_Hook_(composer)/pwdNCes1">James Hook</a>, English composer (d. <a href="/facts/1827/3VPfpxnF">1827</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_3/gKlJPhUd">July 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Henry_Grattan/dQDc1GAy">Henry Grattan</a>, Irish politician (d. <a href="/facts/1820/r9SR83gv">1820</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_16/Db20tCPx">July 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Giuseppe_Piazzi/RcvcUJ1D">Giuseppe Piazzi</a>, Italian astronomer (d. <a href="/facts/1826/F7wxUTRB">1826</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_23/pQFpKSIn">July 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Bernardo_de_G%25C3%25A1lvez/8VqbLtxM">Bernardo de Gálvez</a>, Spanish military leader, aids the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> in its quest for independence in the <a href="/facts/American_Revolutionary_War/8MxJNtcU">American Revolutionary War</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1786/QyXMf0Bn">1786</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_30/9oxIMB9h">July 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Louise_du_Pierry/rqWLySQD">Louise du Pierry</a>, French astronomer (d. <a href="/facts/1807/WIELGVCy">1807</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_28/G8Tf1wmC">September 28</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Jones_(philologist)/AxWH8Mda">Sir William Jones</a>, English philologist (d. <a href="/facts/1794/9u6HxdjY">1794</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_7/mqqBnwWR">October 7</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Billings/R71n3bLe">William Billings</a>, American composer (d. <a href="/facts/1800/G5Il6fwc">1800</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_27/1oxhThC3">November 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Robert_R._Livingston_(chancellor)/4BBlAaYy">Robert R. Livingston</a>, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. <a href="/facts/1813/24mtbexz">1813</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_29/WUbU0yzu">December 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Saverio_Cassar/pzC4rTRu">Saverio Cassar</a>, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (d. <a href="/facts/1805/v75x53DH">1805</a>)</li> <li><i>date unknown</i> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hong_Liangji/ssrfYht8">Hong Liangji</a>, Chinese scholar, statesman, political theorist and philosopher</li> <li><a href="/facts/Isaac_Swainson/LFn7HMvw">Isaac Swainson</a>, English botanist (d. <a href="/facts/1812/XISCd2Wu">1812</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Victor_d%2527Hupay/WcJ9K9k5">Victor d'Hupay</a>, French philosopher and writer (d. <a href="/facts/1818/8YwUybJm">1818</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ekaterina_Kozitskaya/Pk6tAbIk">Ekaterina Kozitskaya</a>, Russian industrialist (d. <a href="/facts/1833/XJtFnCyC">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ebenezer_Pemberton/nchdn7C9">Ebenezer Pemberton</a>, American educator (d. <a href="/facts/1835/R5LlTYAg">1835</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_4/6MnFnWYE">February 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Robert_Blair_(poet)/lGh250FU">Robert Blair</a>, Scottish poet and cleric (b. <a href="/facts/1699/v4oLEzSW">1699</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_8/YDx5fjny">February 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Anton_Josef_Kirchweger/atNxvAu2">Anton Josef Kirchweger</a>, German writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_26/GGkCTbls">February 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Watson%2c_3rd_Earl_of_Rockingham/K4ua0DH6">Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham</a>, British politician (b. <a href="/facts/1715/M7XLh4kJ">1715</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_28/qoYyDYpU">February 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Hermann_von_der_Hardt/M3EI4EX5">Hermann von der Hardt</a>, German historian (b. <a href="/facts/1660/tzqgUF8b">1660</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_18/d7wGqI5o">March 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Grand_Duchess_Anna_Leopoldovna_of_Russia/qoMhzF4h">Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia</a>, regent of Russia (b. <a href="/facts/1718/W61n41e9">1718</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_20/SRICqcXd">March 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Nicolas_de_Largilli%25C3%25A8re/zJCJdwy1">Nicolas de Largillière</a>, French painter (b. <a href="/facts/1656/Sn2y3Fk2">1656</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_29/kjYao5pS">April 29</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Flower%2c_1st_Baron_Castle_Durrow/GA84HyPm">William Flower, 1st Baron Castle Durrow</a>, Irish politician (b. <a href="/facts/1685/raHySqfn">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_6/blgxDDYV">May 6</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Tennent/8xRmsJmx">William Tennent</a>, Scottish-American theologian (b. <a href="/facts/1673/vJa00jXX">1673</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_13/Y1dcKLuz">May 13</a> – <a href="/facts/James_Drummond%2c_3rd_Duke_of_Perth/WhWeSq09">James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth</a>, British noble (b. <a href="/facts/1713/IRGE8ade">1713</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_22/Skm5fcCt">May 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Southerne/J4feMR9n">Thomas Southerne</a>, Irish playwright (b. <a href="/facts/1660/tzqgUF8b">1660</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_14/lh9kkXn2">June 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Colin_Maclaurin/nVexkojA">Colin Maclaurin</a>, Scottish mathematician (b. <a href="/facts/1698/prjYHddQ">1698</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_2/09eQoyvE">July 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Baker_(antiquarian)/lweok1pJ">Thomas Baker</a>, English antiquarian (b. <a href="/facts/1656/Sn2y3Fk2">1656</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_9/Yp5pBkUI">July 9</a> – King <a href="/facts/Philip_V_of_Spain/6mIITvTo">Philip V of Spain</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1683/A7pk0mhs">1683</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_28/IY2HE1aj">July 28</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Peter_Zenger/7cFVvtAb">John Peter Zenger</a>, American printer, whose court case advanced freedom of the press in the American colonies (b. <a href="/facts/1697/HEcMbPY8">1697</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_30/9oxIMB9h">July 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Francesco_Trevisani/9z3hqrI9">Francesco Trevisani</a>, Italian painter (b. <a href="/facts/1656/Sn2y3Fk2">1656</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_6/wz7oRcfk">August 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Christian_VI_of_Denmark/aY2u9hks">Christian VI</a>, King of Denmark and Norway (b. <a href="/facts/1699/v4oLEzSW">1699</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_8/Sly6Gs5G">August 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Francis_Hutcheson_(philosopher)/1A9jp3Na">Francis Hutcheson</a>, Irish philosopher (b. <a href="/facts/1694/DCBs9qoL">1694</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_25/Xx6ja6nh">September 25</a> – <a href="/facts/St_George_Gore-St_George/PQvpsV1T">St George Gore-St George</a>, Irish politician (b. <a href="/facts/1722/731CgNRm">1722</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_2/Mx6naLFK">October 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Josiah_Burchett/K3I5R3Pp">Josiah Burchett</a>, English Secretary of the Admiralty (b. c. <a href="/facts/1666/4moR9QL9">1666</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_14/BWGYEkQS">November 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Georg_Steller/fLWwb6Mx">Georg Steller</a>, German naturalist (b. <a href="/facts/1709/r5IuVP31">1709</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_6/QWKuQS0n">December 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Lady_Grizel_Baillie/WV8UuhBY">Lady Grizel Baillie</a>, Scottish poet (b. <a href="/facts/1665/ybGcz9Qp">1665</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_8/6efHKDyg">December 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Radclyffe/9Gmd9Eqe">Charles Radclyffe</a>, British politician and rebel, by beheading after being convicted of treason against the Crown (b. <a href="/facts/1693/pNGtgEBq">1693</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Historic Environment Scotland. 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