1747
Ahmad Shah Durrani Founds Afghanistan
After Nader Shah's murder, his twenty-five-year-old Pashtun cavalry commander, Ahmad Shah Abdali, took the Koh-i-Noor and a tribal assembly at Kandahar took…
Lind's Scurvy Experiment
Aboard HMS Salisbury, Scottish naval surgeon James Lind divided twelve scurvy-stricken sailors into six pairs and tried a different treatment on each…
Franklin's Kite Hypothesis
In Philadelphia letters to the Royal Society, Benjamin Franklin proposed that lightning was electrical and that a pointed iron rod could draw it safely…
Assassination of Nader Shah
The Persian conqueror, by then paranoid, half-blind, and cruel beyond his own men's endurance, was cut down in his tent by his own guards.
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1747?
Saeculum lists 4 events from 1747. The most significant is Ahmad Shah Durrani Founds Afghanistan.
What era was 1747 part of?
1747 falls within the Enlightenment (1651-1800). Reason, revolution, and the first global wars.
Which regions saw notable events in 1747?
The events from 1747 span Middle East, Europe and North America.