1742
year
1742 (MDCCXLII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1742nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 742nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 18th century, and the 3rd year of the 1740s decade. As of the start of 1742, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1710s 1720s 1730s – 1740s – 1750s 1760s 1770s |
| Years: | 1739 1740 1741 – 1742 – 1743 1744 1745 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1742 MDCCXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2495 |
| Armenian calendar | 1191 ԹՎ ՌՃՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6492 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1663–1664 |
| Bengali calendar | 1149 |
| Berber calendar | 2692 |
| British Regnal year | 15 Geo. 2 – 16 Geo. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2286 |
| Burmese calendar | 1104 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7250–7251 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4438 or 4378 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 4439 or 4379 |
| Coptic calendar | 1458–1459 |
| Discordian calendar | 2908 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1734–1735 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5502–5503 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1798–1799 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1663–1664 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4842–4843 |
| Holocene calendar | 11742 |
| Igbo calendar | 742–743 |
| Iranian calendar | 1120–1121 |
| Islamic calendar | 1154–1155 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanpō 2 (寛保２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1666–1667 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4075 |
| Minguo calendar | 170 before ROC 民前170年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 274 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2284–2285 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1868 or 1487 or 715 — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1869 or 1488 or 716 |
Events
change- January 24 – Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- February 16 – Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.
- February 18 – British attack La Guayra.
- April 13 – The first performance of George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah, in Dublin.
- May 17 – Frederick the Great's army defeats Austrians in Chotusitz; later Austria cedes Silesia to Prussia
- May 25 – A battle is fought at Sahay.
- December 2 – The Pennsylvania Journal first appears in print.
- Daniel le Pelley succeeds Nicolas le Pelley as Seigneur of Sark.
- Kingdom of Prussia captures Jihlava.
- Christian Goldbach formulates Goldbach's conjecture.
- Colin Maclaurin publishes his Treatise on Fluxions.
- Anders Celsius proposes the Celsius temperature scale.
- James Bradley succeeds Edmond Halley as Astronomer Royal.
- Henry Fielding publishes Joseph Andrews.
- John Carteret, 2nd Lord Carteret becomes Secretary of State for the Northern Department.
- Rigging of Chippenham by-election causes a political scandal.
- William Pulteney created as 1st Earl of Bath.
- Robert Walpole was elevated to the peerage and thus moved from the House of Commons to the House of Lords, (see February 16, above).
- University of Erlangen is founded.
- Lopukhina Conspiracy at the Russian court.
- Molde in Norway becomes a city.
- Construction starts on the Foundling Hospital in London.
- Eisenach builds its Stadtschloss (city castle).
- In Peru, Juan Santon takes the name Atahualpa II and begins an ill-fated rebellion against the Spanish rule
- Afghan tribes unite as a monarchy.
Births
- for more information, see Category:1742 births.
Deaths
- for more information, see Category:1742 deaths.