Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1741
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Literature
- Arbuthnot, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, et al., The
Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
- Henry Fielding, Shamela
- Conyers Middleton, The Life of Cicero
- Samuel Johnson, Debates in the Senate of Lilliput for The
Gentleman's Magazine (through 1744)
- Samuel Richardson, Familiar Letters
- Tobias Smollett serves as navy surgeon in the West Indies
Theatre
- February 11: Macklin's first performance as Shylock in Shakespeare's
Merchant of Venice
- David Garrick, The Lying Valet
Art
Music
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Deidamia
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel) travels to Dublin
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- P. L. M. de Maupertuis, Essai de cosmologie, suggests the notion
of "survival of the fittest"
Politics & Law
- Parliament debates removing Robert Walpole, whose support drops
- Horace Walpole becomes an MP in a General Election
- The Highway Act
- The British launch an unsuccessful expedition to the Caribbean
Philosophy & Theology
- Jonathan Edwards, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
- David Hume, Essays Moral and Political (through 1742)
- Laurence Sterne becomes prebendary of York
- Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses, vol. 2 (begun 1738)
Milestones
- Birth of Grétry, composer
- Birth of Sylas Neville
- Birth of Paisiello, composer
- Laurence Stone marries Elizabeth Lumley
- Birth of Hester Lynch Salusbury Thrale Piozzi
- Birth of Arthur Young
Miscellaneous
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