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  • Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, U.S. (then Colony of Virginia)
    1748
    George Washington

    A Month in 1748

    Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, U.S. (then Colony of Virginia)
    1748

    Washington often visited Mount Vernon and Belvoir, the plantation that belonged to Lawrence's father-in-law William Fairfax. Fairfax became Washington's patron and surrogate father, and Washington spent a month in 1748 with a team surveying Fairfax's Shenandoah Valley property.




  • Germany
    Saturday Apr 20, 1748

    Georg Michael Telemann Birth

    Germany
    Saturday Apr 20, 1748

    The German composer, Georg Michael Telemann, was born in Germany in the late 18th century.




  • Lyon
    Friday Apr 12, 1748

    Antoine de Jussieu Birth

    Lyon
    Friday Apr 12, 1748

    The French botanist, Antoine de Jussieu, was born in Lyon, France, in 1748.




  • Britain
    Friday Jan 26, 1748

    Signinig of French treaty in 1748

    Britain
    Friday Jan 26, 1748

    The Netherlands, Britain, Austria, and Sardinia signed an anti-French treaty.




  • Poland
    Friday Jan 26, 1748

    Emanuel Aloys Frster Birth

    Poland
    Friday Jan 26, 1748

    Emanuel Aloys Frster was born in Kingdom of Prussia in 1748.




  • Leuven
    Saturday Apr 20, 1748

    Guillaume Teniers Birth

    Leuven
    Saturday Apr 20, 1748

    The Flemish composer Guillaume Albert Teniers was born in Belgium in 1748.




  • Amsterdam
    Friday Jun 28, 1748

    Marretje Arends's death

    Amsterdam
    Friday Jun 28, 1748

    Amsterdam plunderer, Marretje Arends, was executed.


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