Timeline July 1747

Events in July 1747 3

• 1747 Battle of Lauffeld Marshal Saxe defeats the Allied army near Maastricht In the War of the Austrian Succession, a French army under Marshal Maurice de Saxe defeated an Allied force of British, Dutch, Austrian and Hanoverian troops commanded by the Duke of Cumberland near the village of Lauffeld. The victory opened the way for the French siege of Bergen op Zoom later that summer.
• 1747 – 1792 John Paul Jones (1747-1792) Died 18 July 1792, aged 45 John Paul Jones was a Scottish-born American naval officer celebrated as a founding hero of the United States Navy for his daring raids on British shipping during the American Revolutionary War. He later served as a rear admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy. He died in Paris on 18 July 1792.
• 1747 Fall of Bergen op Zoom French forces capture the Dutch fortress town After a two-month siege, French troops stormed and captured the fortified Dutch town of Bergen op Zoom, considered one of the strongest fortresses in Europe. Its loss alarmed the Dutch Republic and contributed to political upheaval that restored the House of Orange to power.