1748

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October 12: The Battle of Havana is fought in the Caribbean between Britain's Royal Navy and the Spanish Fleet.(1770 painting by Richard Paton) Richard Paton (1717-91) - Sir Charles Knowles's Engagement with the Spanish Fleet off Havana. - RCIN 406654 - Royal Collection.jpg
October 12: The Battle of Havana is fought in the Caribbean between Britain's Royal Navy and the Spanish Fleet.(1770 painting by Richard Paton)
1748 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1748
MDCCXLVIII
Ab urbe condita 2501
Armenian calendar 1197
ԹՎ ՌՃՂԷ
Assyrian calendar 6498
Balinese saka calendar 1669–1670
Bengali calendar 1154–1155
Berber calendar 2698
British Regnal year 21  Geo. 2   22  Geo. 2
Buddhist calendar 2292
Burmese calendar 1110
Byzantine calendar 7256–7257
Chinese calendar 丁卯年 (Fire  Rabbit)
4445 or 4238
     to 
戊辰年 (Earth  Dragon)
4446 or 4239
Coptic calendar 1464–1465
Discordian calendar 2914
Ethiopian calendar 1740–1741
Hebrew calendar 5508–5509
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1804–1805
 - Shaka Samvat 1669–1670
 - Kali Yuga 4848–4849
Holocene calendar 11748
Igbo calendar 748–749
Iranian calendar 1126–1127
Islamic calendar 1160–1162
Japanese calendar Enkyō 5 / Kan'en 1
(寛延元年)
Javanese calendar 1672–1673
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar 4081
Minguo calendar 164 before ROC
民前164年
Nanakshahi calendar 280
Thai solar calendar 2290–2291
Tibetan calendar 阴火兔年
(female Fire-Rabbit)
1874 or 1493 or 721
     to 
阳土龙年
(male Earth-Dragon)
1875 or 1494 or 722

1748 (MDCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar  and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1748th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 748th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1740s decade. As of the start of 1748, the Gregorian calendar was 11days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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Jeremy Bentham
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Jacques-Louis David

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William Kent

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