Editing 1745 (section)

=== October &ndash;December ===
* [[October 4]] &ndash; Francis is crowned as the new Holy Roman Emperor <ref>"War of Austrian Succession", in ''Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History'', ed. by David T. Zabecki (ABC-CLIO, 2014) p1371</ref>
* [[October 8]] &ndash; The Empress [[Elizabeth of Russia]] agrees to provide the [[Electorate of Saxony]] aid in its war against [[Prussia]], but the agreement comes too late <ref name=Fragile/>
* [[October 11]] &ndash; At [[Koszalin|Köslin]] (now Koszalin in Poland) Prussian scientist [[Ewald Georg von Kleist]] independently invents the first electrical [[capacitor]] to store and discharge electricity.<ref>J. L. Heilbron, ''Electricity in the 17th and 18th Centuries: A Study of Early Modern Physics'' (University of California Press, 1979) p311</ref>  The invention, commonly called the [[Leyden jar]] is later credited to a subsequent inventor [[Pieter van Musschenbroek]]. 
* [[October 14]] &ndash; In [[Amritsar]] in India's Punjab region, the [[Sikh people|Sikh]] parliament (the ''[[Sarbat Khalsa]]'') votes for a major reorganization of the Sikh nation's army, the ''[[Dal Khalsa (Sikh Army)|Dal Khalsa]]'', with 25 cavalry regiments and support troops under the command of General [[Nawab Kapur Singh]]<ref>Mahinder N. Gulati, ''Comparative Religious And Philosophies: Anthropomorphlsm And Divinity'' (Atlantic Publishers, 2008) p307</ref>   
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict XIV]] issues the encyclical ''[[Vix pervenit]]'', referred to in English as "On [[Usury]] and Other Dishonest Profit", condemning the charging of [[interest]] on loans as a sin against the Roman Catholic Church <ref>Mark Anielski, ''The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth'' (New Society Publishers, 2007) p197</ref> 
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Jacobite rising of 1745]]: [[Charles Edward Stuart]], known popularly as "Bonnie Prince Charlie", crosses from Scotland into England for the first time since beginning his quest to place his father on the English throne as the pretender [[James Francis Edward Stuart|King James III]]. Charles arrives at [[Longtown, Cumbria|Longtown]] in [[Cumbria]] and spends the night at a nearby village, the Riddings, then leads his army south along the right bank of the [[River Eden, Cumbria|River Eden]] the next day <ref name=Buckler>"The White Rose on the Border", by Alison Buckler, in ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' (July 1896) p28</ref> 
* [[November 23]] &ndash; In [[Battle of Hennersdorf]] Prussian army wins against Saxons army.
* [[November 28]] &ndash; [[King George's War]]: A combined force of troops from the [[French Army]] and of the [[Wabanaki Confederacy]] ([[Mi'kmaq]], [[Maliseet]], [[Passamaquoddy]], [[Abenaki]], and [[Penobscot]] tribes) destroys the British American settlement at Fort Saratoga (now [[Schuylerville, New York]]), burning the fort and surrounding buildings to the ground, and killing 15 people.<ref>David R. Starbuck, ''The Great Warpath: British Military Sites from Albany to Crown Point'' (University Press of New England, 1999) p28</ref>  Another 103 survivors are taken prisoner.   
* [[December 4]] &ndash; [[Jacobite rising of 1745]]: The Scottish Jacobite army reaches as far south as [[Derby]] in England, causing panic in London; two days later it begins to retreat.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology310311"/>
* [[December 17]] &ndash; Two days after Prussian troops rout the Saxons at the [[Battle of Kesselsdorf]], the Saxon capital of [[Dresden]] falls to Prussia's King [[Frederick the Great]].<ref name="Fragile"/> 
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[Jacobite rising of 1745]] &ndash;  [[Clifton Moor Skirmish]]: The Jacobites are victorious,<ref name="Cassell's Chronology310311"/> in the last action between two military forces on English soil.<ref>Unless the [[Battle of Graveney Marsh]] ([[1940]]) is counted.</ref>
* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[Jacobite rising of 1745]] &ndash; [[Battle of Inverurie (1745)|Battle of Inverurie]]: The Jacobites are victorious over British royal troops. 
* [[December 25]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Dresden]] gives [[Prussia]] full possession of [[Silesia]].
* [[December 28]] &ndash; For 5 days, fire destroys buildings in [[Istanbul]].
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