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Events of the 1740s1740–1749
What happened in the 1740s?
In the 1740s (1740–1749), Europe fought the War of the Austrian Succession and the Second Silesian War, Bering's expedition landed in Alaska, and Pompeii was rediscovered. In Japan, the shogunate began compiling its official edicts into a legal collection, and a major flood struck the Kanto region.
- Bering expedition lands in AlaskaEurope
- Celsius proposes a practical temperature scaleEurope
- Shogunate begins compiling its edictsAsia
- Storm brings major flooding to KantoAsia
- Second Silesian War beginsEurope
- Bunraku play Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami premieresAsia
- French win the Battle of LauffeldMiddle East
- Ruins of Pompeii are rediscoveredEurope
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The 1740s in AP history courses
| AP World History | Unit 3–4 (Land-Based Empires; Transoceanic Interconnections) |
|---|---|
| AP U.S. History | Period 2 |
Events of the 1740s (timeline · 58)
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Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a massacre of the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing at least 10,000.
France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.
The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses.
Reverend Jonathan Edwards preaches to his congregation in Enfield, Connecticut his most famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"; an influence for the First Great Awakening.
Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.
The eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a tsunami caused by the eruption of Oshima.
Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
The War of the Hats: The Swedish army surrenders to the Russians in Helsinki, ending the war and starting Lesser Wrath.
War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.
The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois cede lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, is signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia.
War of the Austrian Succession: In the Battle of Vilshofen, Austrian forces defeat French forces.
Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeat an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, New France (Old Style date).
A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).
Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah.
A British government army led by Sir John Cope is defeated in less than 15 minutes by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart.
Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of approximately 5,000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.
The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland.
War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
The 1746 Lima–Callao earthquake causes up to 6,000 deaths in Peru, the deadliest in its history up to that point.
War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.
Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
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