WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1745
Find out what all happened February to September 1745

British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada. (16. June 1745)

War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy – French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army. (11. May 1745)

War of the Austrian Succession: A New England colonial army captures Louisbourg, New France, after a forty-seven-day siege (New Style). (28. June 1745)

Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession. (4. June 1745)

The city of Surakarta, Central Java is founded on the banks of Bengawan Solo River, and becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Surakarta. (18. February 1745)

Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan – the start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45". (19. August 1745)

The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England. (26. July 1745)

War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperell capture the French Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia (Old Style). (16. June 1745)

War of the Austrian Succession: French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after. (9. July 1745)

Battle of Prestonpans: A Hanoverian army under the command of Sir John Cope is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (21. September 1745)