What Happened In History Year 1741

Historical Events for the Year 1741

• 10th April » War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats History of Austria Charles VI and Maria Theresa (1711–1780) e.g Austria at the Battle of Mollwitz.
• 25th June » Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned List of rulers of Hungary or Queen of Hungary.
• 15th July » Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
• 31st July » Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor named Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
• 14th September » George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio 'Messiah (Handel) known as Messiah'

Famous Birthdays in 1741

• 10th January » Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1759)
• 14th January » Benedict Arnold, American-English general (d. 1801)
• 27th January » Hester Thrale, Welsh author (d. 1821)
• 7th February » Henry Fuseli, Swiss painter (d. 1825)
• 8th February » André Grétry, Belgian-French composer (d. 1813)
• 9th February » Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer (d. 1799)
• 13th March » Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1790)
• 20th March » Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (d. 1828)
• 6th April » Nicolas Chamfort, French author and playwright (d. 1794)
• 14th April » Emperor Momozono of Japan (d. 1762)
• 15th April » Charles Willson Peale, American painter and soldier (d. 1827)
• 17th April » Samuel Chase, American jurist (d. 1811)
• 23rd May » Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (d. 1801)
• 11th June » Joseph Warren, American physician and general (d. 1775)
• 21st June » Prince Benedetto, Duke of Chablais (d. 1808)
• 27th July » François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French-English violinist and composer (d. 1808)
• 23rd August » Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer (d. 1788)
• 25th August » Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (d. 1792)
• 31st August » Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, French composer and educator (d. 1816)
• 22nd September » Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (d. 1811)
• 25th September » Wenzel Pichl, Czech violinist, composer, and director (d. 1805)
• 18th October » Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (d. 1803)
• 2nd November » Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (d. 1784)
• 15th November » Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet and physiognomist (d. 1801)
• 31st December » Gottfried August Bürger, German poet and academic (d. 1794)
• 31st December » Princess Isabella of Parma (d. 1763)

Famous Deaths in History for 1741

• 13th February » Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer (b. 1660)
• 17th March » Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (b. 1671)
• 31st March » Pieter Burman the Elder, Dutch scholar (b. 1668)
• 28th April » Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and politician (b. 1668)
• 25th May » Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660)
• 28th July » Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1678)
• 4th August » Andrew Hamilton (lawyer) or Andrew Hamilton, Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)
• 31st August » Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (b. 1681)
• 7th September » Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (b. 1689)
• 24th November » Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (b. 1688)
• 14th December » Charles Rollin, French historian and educator (b. 1661)
• 19th December » Vitus Bering, Danish-Russian navy officer and explorer (b. 1681)

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