| 1740 |
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C. P. Sebottendorf born |
| 1740 |
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J. Ocskay born in Hungary |
| 1740 |
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End of first Turkish war |
| 1740 |
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Franco-Prussian alliance. First Silesian War |
| 4 Feb 1740 |
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A. P. de Custine born in Metz |
| 9 May 1740 |
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G. Paisiello born in Taranto |
| 31 May 1740 |
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Accession of Frederick the Great |
| 20 Oct 1740 |
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Death of Emperor Charles VI and accession of Maria Theresa |
| 16 Dec 1740 |
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Frederick invades Silesia. Beginning of the War of the Austrian Succession. Saxony and Bavaria make claims to Austrian throne |
| 1741 |
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A. F. J. M. de Pezay born in Versailles |
| 1741 |
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K. P. von Weidenfeld born nr Esseg |
| 12 Feb 1741 |
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J. Servan born in Romans |
| 13 Mar 1741 |
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Joseph (II) von Habsburg born in Vienna |
| 10 Apr 1741 |
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Prussians win the battle of Mollwitz |
| 11 Sep 1741 |
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Diet of Pressburg. Maria Theresa receives Hungarian help |
| 1742 |
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Peace of Breslau. Austria gives up Silesia and turns on Bavaria while making alliances with Savoy, Saxony and Britain |
| 1742 |
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Invention of centigrade thermometer by Celsius |
| 1742 |
|
P. F. Sauret born |
| 19 May 1742 |
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H. A. Haquin born in Juilly (Val-de-Marne) |
| 8 Dec 1742 |
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J. M. P. Sérurier born in Laon (Aisne) |
| 16 Dec 1742 |
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G. L. von Blücher born in Rostock |
| 1743 |
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Second Franco-Prussian alliance |
| 8 Feb 1743 |
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Battle of Camposanto. Austrians under Traun repulse a Spanish army |
| 13 May 1743 |
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T. Jefferson born in Shadwell, Virginia |
| 27 Jun 1743 |
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Battle of Dettingen. Pragmatic Army defeats the French |
| 26 Aug 1743 |
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A. L. Lavoisier born in Paris |
| 11 Nov 1743 |
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J. A. H. de Guibert born in Montauban |
| 1744 |
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2nd Silesian War. Frederick moves deep into Bohemia, but is forced to retreat |
| 3 Jan 1744 |
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G. G. Serbelloni born in Milan |
| 1 Mar 1744 |
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C. F. J. Dugua born in Valenciennes |
| 4 May 1744 |
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P. Guillaume born in [Courcelles]-Chaussy (Moselle) |
| 11 May 1744 |
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H. C. M. Stengel born in Neustadt (Palatinate) |
| 4 Jun 1744 |
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Battle of Hohenfriedberg. Austrians and Saxons defeated |
| 25 Sep 1744 |
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Frederick William II of Prussia born in Berlin |
| 1745 |
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Genoa declares for the Bourbons |
| 1745 |
|
A. Lipthay born in Szecseny |
| 18 Feb 1745 |
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A. G. A. A. Volta born in Como |
| 11 May 1745 |
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Battle of Fontenoy. British army under Cumberland defeated by French under Saxe |
| 4 Jun 1745 |
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Prussians defeat Austrians at the battle of Hohenfriedberg |
| Jul 1745 |
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Beginning of Jacobite rising in Scotland |
| 11 Sep 1745 |
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M. I. G. Kutuzov born in St Petersburg |
| 30 Sep 1745 |
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Prussians defeat Austrians at the battle of Soor |
| 4 Oct 1745 |
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Francis Stephen of Lorraine enthroned as Emperor in Frankfurt cathedral |
| 12 Dec 1745 |
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F. R. J. de Pommereul born in Fougères |
| 25 Dec 1745 |
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Peace of Dresden: Austria confirms cession of Silesia to Prussia. Peace of Füssen: Bavaria recognises Francis Stephen as Emperor |
| 29 Mar 1746 |
|
C. M. Bonaparte (Buonaparte) born in Ajaccio |
| 30 Mar 1746 |
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F. J. de Goya y Lucientes born in Fuendetodos |
| 16 Apr 1746 |
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Battle of Culloden. Defeat of Scottish jacobites |
| 16 Jun 1746 |
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Battle of Piacenza: Austrians defeat French and Spanish |
| Dec 1746 |
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Brief Austro-Piedmontese invasion of Provence |
| Jan 1747 |
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French under Belle-Isle drive the Austrians back from Provence into Italy |
| 5 May 1747 |
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Leopold (II) von Habsburg born in Vienna |
| 19 Jun 1747 |
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Piedmontese crush French at Colle dell'Assietta |
| Oct 1748 |
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Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. End of the War of the Austrian Succession. France returned Austrian Netherlands and British colonies. Parma to secondary Bourbon line. Savoy received parts of Milan |
| 1748 |
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Publication of Montesquieu's De l'Esprit des Lois. |
| 30 Aug 1748 |
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J. L. David born in Paris |
| 1 Oct 1748 |
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C. H. B. de Vaubois born in Château-Vilain, Clairvaux (Aube) |
| 19 Oct 1748 |
|
T. Graham born in Balgowan, Perthshire |
| 22 Dec 1748 |
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A. Schübirz born in Olmutz |
| 1749 |
|
K. C. von Piaczek born in Klobusicz |
| 14 Feb 1749 |
|
J. Davin born in Baratier (Hautes-Alpes) |
| 9 Mar 1749 |
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H. G. R. de Mirabeau born in Bignon, nr Nemours |
| 22 Apr 1749 |
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J. B. Meynier born in Avignon |
| 28 Aug 1749 |
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J. W. von Goethe born in Frankfurt am Main |
