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Contents

1 Events
2 Ongoing events
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

The third French and Indian War, known as "King George's War," breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia
The First Saudi State founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
Prague occupied by Prussian armies

Ongoing events

War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)

Births

January 10 - Thomas Mifflin, fifth President of the United States in Congress assembled under the Articles of Confederation
February 6 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795)
May 19 - Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of George III of Great Britain (d. 1818)
July 17 - Elbridge Gerry, American politician (d. 1814)
July 20 - Joshua Clayton, American politician
August 1 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist (d. 1829)
August 25 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (d. 1803)
September 25 - King Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1797)
November 11 - Abigail Adams, wife of American President John Adams (d. 1818)
Unkown - Meriwether Lewis, friend of American President Thomas Jefferson and commander of the Lewis and Clark expedition

Deaths

January 23 - Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1668)
January 26 - Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
March 3 - Jean Barbeyrac, French jurist
April 25 - Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer (b. 1701)
May 30 - Alexander Pope, English writer (b. 1688)
June 29 - Andre Campra, French composer (b. 1660)
July - Mihai Racoviţă, Prince of Moldavia and Prince of Wallachia
August 9 - James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (b. 1673)
August 13 - John Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678)
October 18 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, English friend of Anne of England (b. 1660)
October 31 - Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (b. 1694)
December 8 - Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France (b. 1717)

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