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| Years: 1738 1739 1740 - 1741 - 1742 1743 1744 | |
| Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century | |
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Events
- April 10 – Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz
- December 19 – Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia
- December 25 – Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius
- William Browning invents mineral water
- Elizabeth of Russia became czarina.
Ongoing events
Births
- January 14 - Benedict Arnold, American Revolutionary War general and traitor (d. 1801)
- March 13 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1790)
- March 17 - William Withering, British physician (d. 1799)
- March 25 - Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (d. 1828)
- April 14 - Emperor Momozono of Japan (d. 1762)
- September 22 - Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (d. 1811)
- October 18 - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (d. 1803)
- Ali Pasha, Albanian ruler (d. 1822)
Deaths
- July 28 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (b. 1678)af:1741
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