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1741 (MDCCXLI ) was acommon year starting on Sunday of theGregorian calendar and acommon year starting on Thursday of theJulian calendar , the 1741st year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini 2nd millennium , the 41st year of the18th century , and the 2nd year of the1740s decade. As of the start of 1741, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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January 13 February 13 – SirRobert Walpole , theprime minister of Great Britain , popularizes the term "thebalance of power " in a speech in Parliament.[ 3] February 14 – Irish-born actorCharles Macklin makes his London stage debut asShylock inThe Merchant of Venice Theatre Royal, Drury Lane , pioneering a psychologically realistic style withShakespeare 's text revived, replacingGeorge Granville 's melodramatic adaptationThe Jew of Venice [ 4] Kitty Clive plays thetravesti role ofPortia .[ 5] March 9 –War of the Austrian Succession :Prussian troops bring down the Austrian fortress ofGlogau (modern-day Głogów in Poland).[ 6] March 13 – The BritishRoyal Navy takes 180 warships, frigates and transport vessels, led by Admiral Edward Vernon, to threatenCartagena, Colombia , with more than 27,000 crew against the 3,600 defenders.[ 7] April 6 – TheNew York Slave Insurrection , a plot to set fire toNew York City , is discovered.[ 8] April 10 –War of the Austrian Succession : AnAustrian army is defeated byPrussian troops ofFrederick the Great in theBattle of Mollwitz .May 4 –Vitus Bering sets out fromPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to map the coasts ofSiberia andAlaska .May 9 –War of Jenkins' Ear :Battle of Cartagena de Indias –Spain 's defenders inNew Grenada , under the command of GeneralBlas de Lezo , defeatEdward Vernon 's Royal Navy force, leading to a British retreat to Jamaica.[ 9] May 14 –HMSWager , one of the vessels ofGeorge Anson's voyage around the world , is wrecked on the coast ofChile , killing most of the crew who have survivedscurvy .[ 10] May 15 –Nader Shah ,Emperor of Persia , narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.[ 11] May 21 –War of the Austrian Succession : KingGeorge II of Great Britain orders theBritish Army to prepare for an invasion of Prussia to defend hisElectorate of Hanover .[ 12] June 11 –1741 British general election , begun on April 30, concludes with Prime MinisterRobert Walpole 'sWhigs retaining their majority in the House of Commons but losing 44 seats to candidates who have defected to the newPatriot Whigs to oppose his policies.June 25 –Maria Theresa of Austria is crownedQueen Regnant of Hungary inBratislava .Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor March 13 –Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (d.1790 )March 17 –William Withering , British physician (d.1799 )March 20 –Jean Antoine Houdon , French sculptor (d.1828 )April 14 –Emperor Momozono of Japan (d.1762 )May 13 –Ingeborg Akeleye , Norwegian noble known for her love life (d.1800 )May 23 –Andrea Luchesi , Italian composer (d.1801 )June 11 –Joseph Warren , American Patriot, physician (d.1775 )June 26 –John Langdon , American politician (d.1819 )September 22 –Peter Simon Pallas , German zoologist (d.1811 )October 4 –Edmond Malone , Irish scholar (d.1812 )October 18 –Pierre Choderlos de Laclos , French general, author (d.1803 )October 24 –Johann August von Starck , German pastor (d.1816 )November 15 –Johann Kaspar Lavater , Swiss physiognomist (d.1801 )Date unknown – January 15 –Ramon Despuig , Spanish-born 67th Grandmaster of theKnights Hospitaller (b.1670 )February 13 –Johann Joseph Fux , Austrian composer (b.1660 )February 21 –Jethro Tull , British agriculturist (b.1674 )March 16 –Eleonora Luisa Gonzaga , Tuscan princess (b.1686 )March 17 –Jean-Baptiste Rousseau , French poet (b.1671 )March 31 –Pieter Burmann the Elder , Dutch classical scholar (b.1668 )April 10 –Celia Fiennes , English travel writer (b.1662 )May 21 –Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe , Irish peer (b.1664 )May 24 –Lord Augustus FitzRoy , Royal Navy officer during theBattle of Cartagena de Indias (b.1716 )May 25 –Daniel Ernst Jablonski , German theologian (b.1660 )June 14 –Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg , German noble (b.1714 )June 18 –François Pourfour du Petit , French anatomist, ophthalmologist and surgeon (b.1664 )July 3 –Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine , Sardinian queen consort (b.1711 )Antonio Vivaldi July 28 –Antonio Vivaldi , Italian composer (b.1678 )August 4 –Andrew Hamilton , American lawyer (b.1676 )August 31 –Johann Gottlieb Heineccius , German jurist (b.1681 )September 7 –Blas de Lezo , Spanish admiral (b.1689 )September 28 –Edward Bayly , Irish politician (b.1684 )October 12 –Joseph Talcott , British Governor of theConnecticut Colony for more than 17 years, since 1724. 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