
{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1739 1740 1741 - 1742 - 1743 1744 1745 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century
|} ==Events== *January 24 - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor becomes Holy Roman Emperor. *February 16 - Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain. *February 18 - British attack La Guayra. *April 13 - The first performance of George Frideric Handel's oratorio ''The Messiah'', in Dublin. * May 17 – Frederick the Great's army defeats Austrians in Chotusitz; later Austria cedes Silesia to Prussia *May 25 - A battle is fought at Sahay. *December 2 - ''The Pennsylvania Journal'' first appears in print. *Daniel le Pelley succeeds Nicolas le Pelley as Seigneur of Sark. *Kingdom of Prussia captures Jihlava. *Christian Goldbach formulates Goldbach's conjecture. *Colin Maclaurin publishes his ''Treatise on Fluxions''. *Anders Celsius proposes the Celsius temperature scale. *James Bradley succeeds Edmond Halley as Astronomer Royal. *Henry Fielding publishes ''Joseph Andrews''. *John Carteret, 2nd Lord Carteret becomes Secretary of State for the Northern Department. *Rigging of Chippenham by-election causes a political scandal. *William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath created as 1st Earl of Bath. *Robert Walpole was elevated to the peerage and thus moved from the House of Commons to the House of Lords, effectively ending his reign as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (see February 16, above). *University of Erlangen is founded. *Molde in Norway becomes a city. *Construction starts on the Foundling Hospital in London. *Eisenach, Germany builds its ''Stadtschloss'' (city castle). * In Peru, Juan Santon takes the name Atahualpa II and begins an ill-fated rebellion against the Spain rule * Afghans tribes unite as a monarchy ==Ongoing events== * War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) ==Births== *January 8 - Philip Astley, English circus organizer (d. 1814) *March 10 - Sampson Salter Blowers, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1842) *April 28 - Henry Dundas, British statesman (d. 1811) *May 6 - Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and botanist (d. 1809) *June 25 - Johann Schweighauser, German classical scholar (d. 1830) *June 26 - Arthur Middleton, American politician (d. 1787) *June 28 - William Hooper, American statesman (d. 1790) *July 21 - John Cleves Symmes, American statesman (d. 1814) *July 27 - Nathanael Greene, American general (d. 1786) *September 14 - James Wilson, American politician (d. 1798) *October 6 - Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian poet (d. 1785) *December 9 - Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish chemist (d. 1785) *December 16 - Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (d. 1819) *George Chalmers, Scottish antiquarian (d. 1825) *Joseph Brant, Mohawk leader (d. 1807) *Francis Nash, American military officer (d. 1777) ==Deaths== *January 14 - Edmond Halley, English astronomer (b. 1656) *February 22 - James Wilson (publisher), British publisher *March 23 - Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French author (b. 1670) *April 17 - Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664) *June 18 - John Aislabie, British politician and gardener (b. 1670) *June 27 - Nathan Bailey, English philologist and lexicographer *July 9 - John Oldmixon, English historian (b. 1673) *July 14 - Richard Bentley, English scholar and critic (b. 1662) *July 19 - William Somervile, English poet (b. 1675) *September 18 - Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663) *November 24 - Andrew Bradford, American publisher (b. 1686) 1742 os:1742
I think I'm going to remove P.D.Q. Bach. I do not think it wise to include fictional characters on the date pages. User:Louis Kyu Won Ryu 18:47, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC) :Just put "FICTIONAL CHARACTER" or some such nearby. PDQ is a special case because the published descriptions are so deadpan that people are going to keep re-adding because they think he is real. Better to forestall by having something here already. User:Stan Shebs 19:56, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC) :I agree with Louis Kyu Won Ryu, because, now that I think about it, the birth and death dates of fictitious characters are not useful to people studying historical context with the aid of the date pages. On the other hand Stan has a point about people re-adding his dates, whether they think he's real or not. User:Del_arte == years page layout== I have made some year layout proposals which would affect a significant proportion of the year pages: an example of proposed style is 1850. It is detailed on my talk page. However pre 1800 the change is largely cosmetic. If no-one flags where I have put the discussion on my talk page that they object in a month I will start making everything consistent. It may take some time... --user talk:BozMoUser:BozMo 16:19, 11 May 2004 (UTC)
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{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1739 1740 1741 - 1742 - 1743 1744 1745 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century
|} ==Events== *January 24 - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor becomes Holy Roman Emperor. *February 16 - Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain. *February 18 - British attack La Guayra. *April 13 - The first performance of George Frideric Handel's oratorio ''The Messiah'', in Dublin. * May 17 – Frederick the Great's army defeats Austrians in Chotusitz; later Austria cedes Silesia to Prussia *May 25 - A battle is fought at Sahay. *December 2 - ''The Pennsylvania Journal'' first appears in print. *Daniel le Pelley succeeds Nicolas le Pelley as Seigneur of Sark. *Kingdom of Prussia captures Jihlava. *Christian Goldbach formulates Goldbach's conjecture. *Colin Maclaurin publishes his ''Treatise on Fluxions''. *Anders Celsius proposes the Celsius temperature scale. *James Bradley succeeds Edmond Halley as Astronomer Royal. *Henry Fielding publishes ''Joseph Andrews''. *John Carteret, 2nd Lord Carteret becomes Secretary of State for the Northern Department. *Rigging of Chippenham by-election causes a political scandal. *William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath created as 1st Earl of Bath. *Robert Walpole was elevated to the peerage and thus moved from the House of Commons to the House of Lords, effectively ending his reign as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (see February 16, above). *University of Erlangen is founded. *Molde in Norway becomes a city. *Construction starts on the Foundling Hospital in London. *Eisenach, Germany builds its ''Stadtschloss'' (city castle). * In Peru, Juan Santon takes the name Atahualpa II and begins an ill-fated rebellion against the Spain rule * Afghans tribes unite as a monarchy ==Ongoing events== * War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) ==Births== *January 8 - Philip Astley, English circus organizer (d. 1814) *March 10 - Sampson Salter Blowers, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1842) *April 28 - Henry Dundas, British statesman (d. 1811) *May 6 - Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and botanist (d. 1809) *June 25 - Johann Schweighauser, German classical scholar (d. 1830) *June 26 - Arthur Middleton, American politician (d. 1787) *June 28 - William Hooper, American statesman (d. 1790) *July 21 - John Cleves Symmes, American statesman (d. 1814) *July 27 - Nathanael Greene, American general (d. 1786) *September 14 - James Wilson, American politician (d. 1798) *October 6 - Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian poet (d. 1785) *December 9 - Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish chemist (d. 1785) *December 16 - Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (d. 1819) *George Chalmers, Scottish antiquarian (d. 1825) *Joseph Brant, Mohawk leader (d. 1807) *Francis Nash, American military officer (d. 1777) ==Deaths== *January 14 - Edmond Halley, English astronomer (b. 1656) *February 22 - James Wilson (publisher), British publisher *March 23 - Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French author (b. 1670) *April 17 - Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664) *June 18 - John Aislabie, British politician and gardener (b. 1670) *June 27 - Nathan Bailey, English philologist and lexicographer *July 9 - John Oldmixon, English historian (b. 1673) *July 14 - Richard Bentley, English scholar and critic (b. 1662) *July 19 - William Somervile, English poet (b. 1675) *September 18 - Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663) *November 24 - Andrew Bradford, American publisher (b. 1686) 1742 os:1742
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I think I'm going to remove P.D.Q. Bach. I do not think it wise to include fictional characters on the date pages. User:Louis Kyu Won Ryu 18:47, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC) :Just put "FICTIONAL CHARACTER" or some such nearby. PDQ is a special case because the published descriptions are so deadpan that people are going to keep re-adding because they think he is real. Better to forestall by having something here already. User:Stan Shebs 19:56, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC) :I agree with Louis Kyu Won Ryu, because, now that I think about it, the birth and death dates of fictitious characters are not useful to people studying historical context with the aid of the date pages. On the other hand Stan has a point about people re-adding his dates, whether they think he's real or not. User:Del_arte == years page layout== I have made some year layout proposals which would affect a significant proportion of the year pages: an example of proposed style is 1850. It is detailed on my talk page. However pre 1800 the change is largely cosmetic. If no-one flags where I have put the discussion on my talk page that they object in a month I will start making everything consistent. It may take some time... --user talk:BozMoUser:BozMo 16:19, 11 May 2004 (UTC)
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1740s
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