What happened 1746 AD

In 1746 Bach was preparing to enter Lorenz Christoph Mizler's Society of Musical Sciences. In order to be admitted Bach had to submit a composition, for which he chose his Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her", and a portrait, which was painted by Elias Gottlob Haussmann and featured Bach's Canon triplex á 6 Voc.

The French troops are in Belgium.

Austria and Russia signed a treaty of cooperation.

The 5th Governor of Massachusetts, Increase Sumner, was born in Massachusetts Bay.

Giovanni Punto was born in ehuice, Bohemia, now the Czech Republic, in 1746.

The Declaration of Independence was signed by Thomas Heyward, who was born in St.luke's Parish, South Carolina.

André Michaux was born in Satory, France in 1746.

The German composer Augustin Ullinger was born in Upper Bavaria in 1746.

The Scottish poet, Michael Bruce, was born in Portmoak, Scotland.

The British orientalist and jurist William Jones was born in London.

The Polish–Lithuanian military leader Tadeusz Kociuszko was born in 1746.

Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck was born in Husum, Germany in1746.

The Brazilian revolutionary and independence fighter, Tiradentes, was born in the Portuguese Colony of Brazil and is considered a national hero.

Bonnie Prince Charlie ran away from Scotland.