Historical Events In 1742

Jan 06   Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies.   

Jan 14   English astronomer Edmond Halley, discoverer of the comet now named after him, dies at age 85.   

Jan 15   Eugene Godecharle, composer   

Jan 24   German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor.   

Jan 26   Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer   

Feb 01   Sardinia and Austria sign alliance   

Feb 02   British Walpole government steps down   

Feb 02   British Walpole govt steps down.   

Feb 09   British ex-premier Walpole is recorded as becoming earl of Orford.   

Feb 16   Earl of Wilmington is recorded as becoming British premier.   

Feb 28   Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53   

Mar 04   Johann Heinrich Egli, composer   

Mar 19   Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch literary/poet.   

Apr 13   George Frederic Handel's "Messiah" performed for 1st time (Dublin)   

Apr 13   Giovanni Veneziano, composer, dies at 59   

Apr 23   Mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62   

Apr 24   Roman Hoffstetter, composer   

May 03   Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer.   

May 08   Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer   

May 11   Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70   

May 14   Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64.   

May 17   Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians   

May 28   1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London).   

May 28   The inaugural indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)   

Jun 04   Quebec Quebec, Le Canada launched; inaugural French warship built in Canada sails for Rochefort, France.   

Jun 08   Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 62   

Jun 09   Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia.   

Jun 11   Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove.   

Jun 17   William Hooper, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence)   

Jun 22   Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer.   

Jun 26   Arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence).   

Jun 28   Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer, dies at 52.   

Jul 01   Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer, dies at 58   

Jul 01   Georg C Lichtenberg, German physicist/writer (types of Lichtenberg)   

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Jan 15   Eugene Godecharle, composer was born in the year 1742.   

Jan 24   Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn (d. 1808) was born in the year 1742.   

Jan 26   Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer was born on this day in history.   

Mar 04   Johann Heinrich Egli, composer was born in the year 1742.   

Mar 19   Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch literary/poet was born on this day in history.   

Mar 19   In the year 1742 birth of tupac Amaru II, Incan revolutionary (d. 1781)   

Apr 24   Roman Hoffstetter, composer was born in the year 1742.   

May 03   Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer was born in the year 1742.   

Jan 01   In the year 1742 death of peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1686)   

Jan 06   Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies in the year 1742.   

Jan 14   In the year 1742 death of edmond Halley, English scientist (b. 1656)   

Feb 22   Charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688) died on this day in history.   

Feb 28   In the year 1742 willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53   

Mar 23   On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670)   

Apr 02   James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675) died in the year 1742.   

Apr 13   On this day in history giovanni Veneziano, composer, dies at 59