Lets make a million! ! ! !

[walleyeking19]

1739

[Central Bassman]

1740

[Fish Toys]

1741

[Deitz Dittrich]

1742 in History

January 24 German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor

February 1 Sardinia and Austria sign alliance

February 2 British Walpole government resigns

February 9 British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford

February 16 Earl of Wilmington becomes British premier

April 13 George Frederic Handel's "Messiah" performed for 1st time (Dublin)

May 17 Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians

May 28 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)

June 9 Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia

June 11 Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove

July 28 Prussia and Austria sign peace treaty

August 29 Edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist

September 24 Faneuil Hall opens to public

November 18 Prussia and England sign anti-French military covenant

December 1 Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia

December 13 Willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes

[mrklean]

1743

[Fish Toys]

1744

[bassNspear]

1745

[bassNspear]

1746

[bassNspear]

1747

[bassNspear]

1748

[Central Bassman]

1749

[bassNspear]

Its about that time for the big 1750

[bassNspear]

1750 Fish Hawk. The boat that has it all

[mrklean]

1751

[MuleShack]

1752

January 1 - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar. (Did not take place until September)

February 11 - Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the US, is opened.

March 23 - The Halifax Gazette, the first Canadian newspaper, is published.

June 6 - Fire destroys 18,000 houses in Moscow.

June 15 - Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity, using a kite and a key.

September 1 - The Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.

September 3–September 13 inclusive - These dates were omitted from the calendar in Britain as part of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in the British Empire to correct the eleven day discrepancy between the Old Style and New Style dates.

[LwnmwnMan2]

1753

[LwnmwnMan2]

1754

[LwnmwnMan2]

1755

[LwnmwnMan2]

1756 I had to add a couple, been a week or two since I'd been here.

[Fish Toys]

1757

[mrklean]

1758

[joe_stack20]

1759

[BigWadeS]

1760

[tisosy11]

1761

[Central Bassman]

1762