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Events
May 31
-
Friedrich II
comes to power in
Prussia
upon the death of his father,
Friedrich Wilhelm I
.
October 20
-
Maria Theresia of Austria
inherits the
Habsburg
hereditary dominions (
Austria
,
Bohemia
,
Hungary
and present-day
Belgium
). However, her succession to the
Holy Roman Empire
is contested widely because she is a woman.
December 16
-
Friedrich II of Prussia
invades the Habsburg possession of
Silesia
, starting the
War of the Austrian Succession
.
By the act of English parliament, alien immigrants (including
Huguenots
and
Jews
) in the colonies receive British
citizenship
Adam Smith
enters
Balliol College, Oxford
George Whitefield
founds the Bethesda orphanage
The song
Rule Britannia
is first performed at
Cliveden
Births
March -
Johann van Beethoven
, father of composer Ludwig van Beethoven
June 2
-
Marquis de Sade
, aristocrat and author
August 14
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Pope Pius VII
August 23
- [baby] Emperor
Ivan VI of Russia
Juan Andres
,
Spanish
Jesuit
Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan
Deaths
January 5
,
Antonio Lotti
, composer
February 6
,
Pope Clement XII
May 31
- Friedrich Wilhelm I, King of Prussia
October 20
- Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
October 28
- Anna Ivanova (
Anna I of Russia
)
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