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    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...
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    Charterhouse Square is a garden square, a pentagonal space, in Farringdon, in the London Borough of Islington, and close to the former Smithfield Meat...
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    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...
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  • The year 1742 in science and technology involved some significant events. January 14 – Death of Edmond Halley; James Bradley succeeds him as Astronomer...
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  • article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1742. February – Henry Fielding's picaresque novel Joseph Andrews appears in London...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Harpsichord Sonatas, Wq.48 (Nuremberg: Balthasar Schmid) (composed 1740–1742) Francesco Barsanti – A Collection of Old Scots Tunes(Edinburgh: Alexander...
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    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...
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  • (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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • infrastructure protocols NBP, RTMP and ZIP were built on top of DDP. RFC 1742 - AppleTalk Management Information Base II DDP Variable Specifications v...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • Watkin Williams (1742? – 30 November 1808), of Penbedw, near Flint, Denbighshire and Erbistock, Flintshire, was a Welsh politician and administrator. Williams...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Establishment at Portsmouth, from where she was relaunched on 5 October 1742, and renamed HMS Princess Mary. Princess Mary served until 1766, when she...
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    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...
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    Tabarka expedition (1742) Tabarka in 18th century Belligerents Beylik of Tunis Kingdom of France Commanders and leaders Abu l-Hasan Ali I Murat de Saurins (POW)...
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    Pugachev (also spelled Pugachyov; Russian: Емельян Иванович Пугачёв; c. 1742 – 21 January [O.S. 10 January] 1775) was an ataman of the Yaik Cossacks and...
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    than 4×1018 but remains unproven despite considerable effort. On 7 June 1742, the Prussian mathematician Christian Goldbach wrote a letter to Leonhard...
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