In the year 1746, the three Scottish leaders of the Jacobite uprising are imprisoned for treason in the Tower of London (May 27), the wearing of the kilt is banned in Scotland as a means to bring the warrior clans under the British government control (Aug 1), the College of New Jersey - future Princeton - is founded in Princetown, New Jersey (Oct 22), Eva Ekeblad reports her discovery of making flour and alcohol from potatoes to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences - and all these fine people were born:
1746-xxxx Ebenezer Pemberton* educator - Newport, The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British America (1835/c.87)
1746-xxxx Martha Ray* singer of the Georgian era - England (1779/c. 33)
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1746-0104 Benjamin Rush* physician/ social reformer/signer of the Declaration of Independence - Byberry, Province of Pennsylvania, British America (1813/67)
1746-0124 Gustav III* King of Sweden/patron of the arts and benefactor of arts and literature - Stockholm, Sweden (1792/46)
1746-0204 Tadeusz Kościuszko* military engineer/ statesman/military leader - Mieračoŭščyna, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1817/71)
1746-0220 Gustaf Johan Ehrensvärd* military leader/chamberlain of King Gustav III/memoirist - Sweden (1783/37)
1746-0327 Carlo Buonaparte* lawyer/diplomat/ father of Napoleon Bonaparte - Ajaccio, Corsica, Republic of Genoa (1785/38)
1746-0330 Francisco Goya* painter/printmaker - Fuendetodos, Aragon, Spain (1828/82)
1746-0403 Julien de Lallande Poydras* French American merchant/political leader/a catalyst in the promotion of Louisiana statehood - Rezé, Kingdom of France (1824/78)
1746-0404 John Andrews* priest/ lecturer/author - Cecil County, Maryland (1813/66)
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1746-0503 John Crawford* Irish-American physician/ introducer of vaccination into America - Northern Ireland (1813/67)
1746-0603 James Hook* organist/composer - Norwich, England (1827/c. 80)
1746-0716 Giuseppe Piazzi* priest/astronomer/discoverer of Ceres - Ponte in Valtellina, Italy (1826/80)
1746-0928 William Jones* Anglo-Welsh philologist/scholar of ancient India/ coined the term Indo-European languages - Westminster, London, England (1794/47)
1746-1007 William Billings* regarded as the first American choral composer - Boston, Massachusetts, British America (1800/53)
1746-1026 Curt von Stedingk* nobleman/army officer/diplomat - Lentschow, Swedish Pomerania (1837/90)
1746-1127 Robert R. Livingston* lawyer/politician/a Founding Father of the United States - New York City, NY, British America (1813/66)
1746-1202 Abraham Wasastjerna* (b Falander) merchant/shipbuilder/ knighted due to loyalty to Sweden during Russian takeover - Kokkola, Sweden-Finland (1815/68)
1746-1229 Saverio Cassar* priest/patriot/ Governor-general of an independent Gozo - Hospitaller Malta (1805/58)
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