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Historical Events for the Year 1742

  • 24th January » Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor or Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
  • 16th February » Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington e.g Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom called British Prime Minister.

Famous Birthdays in 1742

  • 24th January » Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn (d. 1808)
  • 19th March » Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian rebel leader (d. 1781)
  • 6th May » Jean Senebier, Swiss physiologist (d. 1809)
  • 13th May » Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (d. 1798)
  • 28th June » William Hooper, American physician, lawyer, and politician (d. 1790)
  • 1st July » Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (d. 1799)
  • 7th August » Nathanael Greene, American general (d. 1786)
  • 8th September » Ozias Humphry, English painter (d. 1810)
  • 6th October » Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet (d. 1755)
  • 5th November » Richard Cosway, English painter (d. 1821)
  • 16th December » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal (d. 1819)
  • 25th December » Charlotte von Stein, German assistant of Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1827)

Famous Deaths in History for 1742

  • 14th January » Edmond Halley, English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist (b. 1656)
  • 22nd February » Charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688)
  • 23rd March » Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French author (b. 1670)
  • 2nd April » James Douglas (physician) known as James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
  • 16th April » Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet (b. 1672)
  • 17th April » Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician (b. 1664)
  • 21st May » Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)
  • 26th May » Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672)
  • 18th June » John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1670)
  • 4th July » Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1671)
  • 9th July » John Oldmixon, English historian, poet, and playwright (b. 1673)
  • 14th July » Richard Bentley, English scholar and theologian (b. 1662)
  • 19th July » William Somervile, English poet (b. 1675)
  • 25th August » Carlos Seixas, Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1704)
  • 24th September » Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1684)
  • 27th September » Hugh Boulter, Irish archbishop (b. 1672)
  • 28th September » Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663)
  • 12th November » Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
  • 20th November » Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (b. 1661)
  • 31st December » Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)