Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1742. 1742 (MDCCXLII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

Charterhouse Square is a garden square, a pentagonal space, in Farringdon, in the London Borough of Islington, and close to the former Smithfield Meat...

Events from the year 1742 in Canada. French Monarch: Louis XV British and Irish Monarch: George II Governor General of New France: Charles de la Boische...

Bethnal Green Parish Act 1742 Act of Parliament Parliament of Great Britain Long title An Act to make the Hamlet of Bethnal Green in the Parish of Saint...

between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig politician who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1721 to 1742. He also served...

Orissa campaign where he repulsed the Marathas at First Battle of Katwa. In 1742, the Maratha General Raghoji I of Nagpur had invaded the Bengal Sultanate...

of Orford, from 1730 to 1742—when Walpole left the government. 1734 British general election 1741 British general election 1742 vote of no confidence in...

Roosevelt (born Nicholas van Rosenvelt) (bap. October 2, 1658 – died July 30, 1742) was an American politician. He was an early member of the Roosevelt family...

Harpsichord Sonatas, Wq.48 (Nuremberg: Balthasar Schmid) (composed 1740–1742) Francesco Barsanti – A Collection of Old Scots Tunes(Edinburgh: Alexander...

Tiberio Carafa (1669–1742) was a Neapolitan aristocrat and man of letters. He remained loyal to the Habsburgs throughout the War of the Spanish Succession...

(Disqualification) Act 1741 (15 Geo. 2. c. 22) (also known as the Place Act 1742) The House of Commons (Disqualifications) Act 1782 (22 Geo. 3. c. 45) The...

House of Solms, and was raised to a Principality of the Holy Roman Empire in 1742. The county of Solms-Braunfels was partitioned between: itself and Solms-Ottenstein...

The year 1742 in science and technology involved some significant events. January 14 – Death of Edmond Halley; James Bradley succeeds him as Astronomer...

1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 … In literature 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 Art Archaeology...

London attorney. Hollandia was built by the Dutch East India Company in 1742 in Amsterdam to a new design, as a 32-gun, 700-ton ship with a length of...

Alcide was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1742. The captain of the vessel was Toussaint Hocquart, for the re-enforcement campaign...

in the 1742 campaign. In December 1741, von Schwerin had captured Olmütz; Frederick took Glatz, before moving onto Groß Seelowitz in March 1742. This allowed...

In the 1742 Invasion of Georgia, Spanish forces based in Florida attempted to seize and occupy disputed territory held by the British colony of Georgia...

in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1742. He became the first "prime minister", a term in use by 1727. In 1742, he was created Earl of Orford and was...

Peter Schickele Presents an Evening with P. D. Q. Bach (1807–1742)? was the first concert of and the first release of the music of Peter Schickele under...

The Maratha invasions of Bengal (1742–1751), also known as the Maratha expeditions in Bengal, were the frequent invasions by the Maratha forces in the...

Schlesischer Krieg) was a war between Prussia and Austria that lasted from 1740 to 1742 and resulted in Prussia's seizing most of the region of Silesia (now in south-western...

infrastructure protocols NBP, RTMP and ZIP were built on top of DDP. RFC 1742 - AppleTalk Management Information Base II DDP Variable Specifications v...

Watkin Williams (1742? – 30 November 1808), of Penbedw, near Flint, Denbighshire and Erbistock, Flintshire, was a Welsh politician and administrator. Williams...

The attempt to create a Kingdom of Finland in 1742 is a little-known chapter in the history of Finland. After the Russian occupation during the Russo-Swedish...

number of their rank was increasingly used. Thus, in the Cloathing Book of 1742, which illustrated the patterns of uniforms worn by the King's forces, the...

(7 Geo. 2. c. 9) The Highways Act 1741 (15 Geo. 2. c. 2) The Highways Act 1742 (16 Geo. 2. c. 29) The Highways Act 1747 (21 Geo. 2. c. 28) The Highways...

Events from the year 1742 in Sweden Monarch – Frederick I Glass company Kosta Glasbruk (now known as Kosta Boda) is founded. June - The Swedish province...

Clemens Johannes Helin III or Clemens Helin II (14 December 1742 - 5 September 1807) was a Swedish scholar, theologist, military preacher and provost....

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1742. February – Henry Fielding's picaresque novel Joseph Andrews appears in London...