February 24 » The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
August 22 » Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
September 22 » The Tuscarora War begins in present-day North Carolina.
Day of marriage February 1, 1742
The temperature on February 1, 1742 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest by west. Weather type: geheel betrokken storm(achtig). Source: KNMI
April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
June 17 » In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
August 26 » The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
September 25 » The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
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