January 11 » Arauco War: A Spanish army is defeated by local Mapuche-Huilliches as it tries to cross Bueno River in Southern Chile.
February 9 » The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
May 5 » Cromwell's Act of Grace, aimed at reconciliation with the Scots, proclaimed in Edinburgh.
June 7 » Louis XIV is crowned King of France.
August 22 » Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
October 12 » The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.
Day of death February 28, 1741
The temperature on February 28, 1741 was about 7.0 °C. There was 29 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 13 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
May 20 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses.
June 25 » Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
July 31 » Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
August 10 » King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.
September 14 » George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.
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