Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1742
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Literature
- William Collins, Persian Eclogues
- Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews
- Alexander Pope, The Fourth Book of the Dunciad (The New
Dunciad)
- William Shenstone, The Schoolmistress (revised)
- Edward Young, The Complaint, or Night-Thoughts (through 1746)
Theatre
Art
Music
- Georg Friedrich Händel (or Handel), Messiah
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Charles Marie de Lacondamine establishes the Celsius
temperature scale, named for Anders Celsius
- Jean Malouin galvanizes iron
Politics & Law
- Carteret (Granville) and Newcastle are named Secretaries of State
- Gower becomes Lord Privy Seal
- Pulteney is created Earl of Bath
- Sandys becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Sir Robert Walpole is forced to resign as Prime Minister
- February: Sir Robert Walpole is created Earl of Orford
Philosophy & Theology
Milestones
- Death of Richard Bentley
- Death of William Somerville
- Birth of Gilbert Stuart
Miscellaneous
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