Historical Events In 1741

May 08 France & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg

May 28 Spain & Bavaria sign treaty

Jan 14 The birth of Benedict Arnold, American traitor

Feb 13 Andrew Bedford publishes 1st American magazine (The American Magazine)

Feb 16 Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine (2nd US Magazine) begins publishing

Apr 10 Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz

Jun 30 Pope Benedict XIV encyclical forbidding traffic in alms

Dec 27 Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia

Oct 30 The birth of Angelica Kauffman, Swiss painter

Mar 04 English fleet under Admiral Ogle reaches Cartagena

Mar 09 English fleet under Admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena