History
1749
General
Population: 819 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include William Chetwood (history of the stage), Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson (tragedy), Denis Diderot (behavior),
David Hartley (humanity), FranÇois Philidor (chess), Henry Fielding's "Tom Jones"
Art includes Gainsborough, JB Pigalle "Mme. de Pompadour"
Music includes Handel "Fireworks", JS Bach,
- Language: Giacobbo Rodriguez Pereire invents sign language for deaf mutes
- Science: Benjamin Franklin experiments with electricity
Americas
- Canada: Establishment of Halifax Nova Scotia as fortress and British naval base
Asia
- Philippines: Mount Taal erupts
Europe
- Denmark: Danish newspaper appears
- Great Britain: Consolidation act of British navy (reorganized)
- Russia: Bartolomeo Rastrelli creates Great Palace
East
- General: New England Drought
- Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Academy founded – later becomes U of PA
- Rhode Island: Peter Harrison creates Redwood Library in Newport
Midwest
- General: First settlement of Ohio company
South
- Georgia: Georgia becomes Crown Colony
- Virginia: Ohio Company started