In the year 1748, Afghan leader Ahmad Shah Durrani captures Lahore (Jan 12), a fire in the city of London causes massive damages (Mar 28), Britain obtains Madras in India from France in exchange for the fortress of Louisbourg in Canada (Oct 18), the ruins of Pompeii are rediscovered after the first discovery in 1599, construction of the Sveaborg fortress begins in order to defend Finland against Russian attacks – and all these fine people were born:

1748-xxxx Antti Tuomaanpoika Turtia** father of Elias Antinpoika Turtia - around Viipuri, Russian Empire (unknown) 1748-0101 Anders Bladh* physician/numismatist - Vaasa, Sweden-Finland (1834/86) 1748-0126 Emanuel Aloys Förster* composer/music teacher/active in Vienna - Niedersteine bei Glatz, Kingdom of Prussia (1823/75) 1748-0202 Adam Weishaupt* philosopher/law professor/founder of the Order of the Illuminati - Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (1830/82) 1748-0215 Jeremy Bentham* philosopher/jurist/social reformer – London, England (1832/84) 1748-0305 Jonas Carlsson Dryander* botanist/active in London - Gothenburg, Kingdom of Sweden (1810/62) 1748-0307 Carl Fredrik Fredenheim* (b Mennander) superintendant/ master of ceremonies/archaeologist - Turku, Sweden-Finland (1803/54) 1748-0413 Joseph Bramah* locksmith/inventor of hydraulic press – Barnsley, Yorkshire, England 1748-0510 Louis Jean Pierre Viellot* ornithologist - Yvetot, Kingdom of France (1831/82) 1748-0622 Thomas Day* author/abolitionist - London, England (1789/41) 1748-0808 Johann Friedrich Gmelin* German botanist/pioneering zoologist - Tubingen, Holy Roman Empire (1804/56) 1748-0830 Jacques-Louis David* painter - Paris, Kingdom of France (1825/77) 1748-0909 Mikael Piimänen* prominent church builder who for payment required some rye, cheese and cake from each household in the village - Turku, Sweden-Finland (1820/72) 1748-1007 Charles XIII of Sweden* King of Sweden (1809-1818)/King of Norway as Charles II (1814-1818) - Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (1818/69) 1748-1111 Charles IV of Spain* King of Spain (1788-1808) - Palace of Portici, Naples (1819/70) 1748-1113 William Chalmers* merchant/ freemason/philanthropist – Gothenburg, Kingdom of Sweden (1811/62) 1748-1201 1748-1209 Claude Louis Berthollet* Savoyard-French chemist - Talloires, Kingdom of France (1822/73) 1748-1211 Karl Henrik Sallmén** (b Salmenius) father of Karl Enok Sallmén - Juva, Sweden-Finland (1824/75) 1748-1220 1748-1231 Updated 13.4.2023-2 Search for another year here