Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s Years: 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 - 1744 - 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 Events The third French and Indian War, known as "King George's War," breaks out at Port Royal, Novia Scotia Ongoing events War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) Births May 19 - Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen-Consort of King George III of Great Britain July 17 -Elbridge Gerry, American politician, for whom gerrymander was named August 1 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist September 25 - King Frederick William II of Prussia November 11 -Abigail Adams, wife of American President John Adams Deaths Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer and thermometrician Alexander Pope, English satirist Andre Campra, French composer Monarchs/Presidents China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796) France - Louis XV King of France (reigned from 1715 to 1774) Great Britain - George II King of Great Britain (reigned from June 11, 1727 to October 25, 1760) Kingdom of Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786) Russia - Elizabeth Empress of Russia (reigned from 1741 to January 5, 1762) Saxony - Frederick Augustus II Elector of Saxony (from 1733 to 1763) (also King of Poland)\n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.