Editing 1747 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 31]] &ndash;  The first [[venereal disease]]s clinic opens at [[London Lock Hospital]].
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[King George's War]]: A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain [[Nicolas Antoine II Coulon de Villiers]], [[Battle of Grand Pré|attacks and defeats British troops]] at [[Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia]].
* [[March 7]] &ndash; [[Juan de Arechederra]] the Spanish [[Governor-General of the Philippines]], combines  his forces with those of Sultan [[Azim ud-Din I of Sulu]] to suppress the rebellion of the [[Moro people|Moros]] in the [[Visayas]].<ref>"The Baptism of Sultan Azim ud-Din of Sulu", by Ebrhard Crailsheim, in ''Image - Object - Performance: Mediality and Communication in Cultural Contact Zones of Colonial Latin America and the Philippines'' (Waxmann Verlag, 2013) p101</ref>
* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat|Simon Fraser]], the 79-year old Scottish Lord Lovat, is convicted of high treason for being one of the leaders of the [[Jacobite rising of 1745]] against King [[George II of Great Britain]] and attempting to place the pretender [[Charles Edward Stuart]] on the throne.<ref>
"Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat", by J.W. Allen, in ''Lives of Twelve Bad Men: Original Studies of Eminent Scoundrels by Various Hands'' (T. Fisher Unwin, 1894) p196</ref>  After a seven day trial of impeachment in the [[House of Lords]] and the verdict of guilt, Fraser is sentenced on the same day to be [[hanged, drawn and quartered]]; King George alters Fraser's punishment to [[Decapitation|beheading]], which is carried out publicly on April 9.