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| 1748 |
| | | The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession, but only postpones the continuation of hostilities (in the Seven Years' War) | |
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| 1748 |
| | | The peace treaty returns all captured territories to their owners – with the exception of Silesia, which becomes part of Prussia | |
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| 1749 |
| | | Walpole buys the house and grounds which the deeds call Strawberry Hill. | |
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| 1749 |
| | | A French official travels down the Ohio valley, placing markers to claim it for France | |
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| 1749 |
| | | Henry Fielding introduces a character of lasting appeal in the lusty but good-hearted Tom Jones | |
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| 1749 |
| | | Shortly before his death (in 1750) J.S. Bach completes his Mass in B Minor, worked on over many years | |
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| c. 1750 |
| | | Naval engagements are now fought in lines of battle, with only the most heavily armed vessels rated as 'ships of the line' | |
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| 1750 |
| | | Horace Walpole begins to create his own Strawberry Hill, a neo-Gothic fantasy, on the banks of the Thames west of London | |
|  | Strawberry Hill admission ticket
Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Collection
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| 1750-97 |
| | | Horace Walpole forms a 'Committee of Taste' with friends John Chute and Richard Bentley, and creates his 'little Gothic castle' over the next 50 years, giving rise to the style 'Strawberry Hill Gothic'. | |
|  | Walpole and Strawberry Hill, lithograph
Richmond Local Studies
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| 1750 |
| | | A bridge is opened at Westminster | |
|  | Westminster Bridge, by Farington, 1789
Guildhall Library
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