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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
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Years:1739 1740 1741 - 1742 - 1743 1744 1745


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Year 1742 (MDCCXLII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1742

January - June

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April 13: Handel's Messiah.

July - December

  • December 2 - The Pennsylvania Journal first appears in print in the United States.

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1742 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1742
MDCCXLII
Ab urbe condita2495
Armenian calendar1191
ԹՎ ՌՃՂԱ
Bah' calendar-102 – -101
Buddhist calendar2286
Chinese calendar4378/4438-7-23
(辛酉年七月廿三日)
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4379/4439-7-2
(壬戌年七月初二日)
Coptic calendar1458 – 1459
Ethiopian calendar1734 – 1735
Hebrew calendar 5502 – 5503
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1797 – 1798
 - Shaka Samvat1664 – 1665
 - Kali Yuga4843 – 4844
Holocene calendar11742
Iranian calendar1120 – 1121
Islamic calendar1155 – 1156
Japanese calendarKanpō 0
(寛保0年)
 - Imperial YearKōki 2402
(皇紀2402年)
Julian calendar1787
Korean calendar4075
Thai solar calendar2285
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  • Manufacture of the earliest surviving pianos.

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  • Scientific navigation is developed

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  • King George III ascends the British throne in 1760.

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See also: 1741 in Canada, other events of 1742, 1743 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

  • First scientific report on the North Pacific fur seal.
  • First Fort Paskoya built by La Verendrye at Cedar Lake.

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1742 in Great Britain:
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1740 | 1741 | 1742 | 1743 | 1744 Events from the year 1742 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Events

  • January - The House of Commons votes on the alleged rigging of the Chippenham by-election.

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Ashanti Confederacy - Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720-1750)
  • Bunyoro - Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731-c.1782)
  • Dahomey - Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732-1774)
  • Ethiopia - Iyasu II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1730-1755)
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    • 1741 colonial governors - Events of 1742 - 1743 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year

    Portugal

    • Angola - Joaquim Jacques de Magalhães, Governor of Angola (1738-1748)
    • Macau - D. Diogo Pereira, Governor of Macau (1738-1743)

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    Roman numerals is a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. The system used in classical antiquity was slightly modified in the Middle Ages to produce the system we use today. It is based on certain letters which are given values as numerals.
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