Historical Events for Year 1742
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Months in Year 1742: January February April May June July August September November December
Events 1 - 16 of 16
Jan 24th - German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor
Feb 1st - Sardinia & Austria sign alliance
Feb 2nd - British Walpole government resigns
Feb 9th - British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford
Feb 16th - Earl of Wilmington becomes British premier
Apr 13th - George Frederic Handel's "Messiah" performed for 1st time (Dublin)
May 17th - Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians
May 28th - 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)
Jun 9th - Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia
Jun 11th - Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove
Jul 28th - Prussia & Austria sign peace treaty
Aug 29th - Edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist
Sep 24th - Faneuil Hall opens to public
Nov 18th - Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant
Dec 1st - Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia
Dec 13th - Willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes
