Editing 1746 (section)

=== July–September ===
* [[July 3]] &ndash; Father Joachim Royo, the last of the five Spanish Catholic missionaries to [[Fuzhou]] in [[China]], is captured by Chinese authorities, after having spent three decades defying orders to not evangelize.<ref>
Anthony E. Clark, ''China's Saints: Catholic Martyrdom During the Qing (1644–1911)'' (Lexington Books, 2011) p73</ref>  He and three fellow priests are put to death two years later, on October 28, 1748.
* [[July 9]] &ndash; King [[Philip V of Spain]] dies, after a reign of more than 45 years.  His oldest living son succeeds him, as [[Ferdinand VI of Spain|King Ferdinand VI]].
* [[August 1]] &ndash; The wearing of the [[kilt]] is banned in [[Scotland]] by the [[Dress Act]] (Note: the actual effective date of the Dress Act was [[August 1]], [[1747]], not 1746).
* [[August 18]] &ndash; Two of the four rebellious Scottish lords, [[Earl of Kilmarnock]] and [[Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerinoch|Lord Balmerinoch]], are beheaded in the [[Tower of London]] (Lord Lovat is executed in [[1747]]).
* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Bonnie Prince Charlie]] flees to the [[Isle of Skye]] from [[Arisaig]], after the unsuccessful [[Jacobite rising of 1745]], marked by the [[Prince's Cairn]] on the banks of [[Loch nan Uamh]].