January 4 » The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht; Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
March 31 » A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
June 24 » The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.
Day of marriage February 9, 1740
The temperature on February 9, 1740 was about -1 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
April 8 » War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMSPrincess.
June 13 » Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
June 26 » A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
August 17 » Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
October 9 » Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin massacring the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000.
October 20 » France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
Day of death September 26, 1751
The temperature on September 26, 1751 was about 14.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
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