1742

Years: 1739 1740 1741 - 1742 - 1743 1744 1745
Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1742 in literature 1742 in music 1742 in science List of state leaders in 1742 List of religious leaders in 1742

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Ongoing events
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
February 16 - Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.
February 18 - British attack La Guayra.
April 8 - 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 created as 1st Earl of Bath.
University of Erlangen is founded.
Molde in Norway becomes a city.
Construction starts on the Foundling Hospital in London.
Eisenach builds its Stadtschloss (city castle).
In Peru, Juan Santon takes the name Atahualpa II and begins an ill-fated rebellion against the Spanish rule
Afghan tribes unite as a monarchy