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| 1742 |
| | | An Austrian army captures the Bavarian capital city, Munich | |
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| 1742 |
| | | Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius proposes 100 degrees between the freezing and boiling points of water | |
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| 1742 |
| | | Edmond Hoyle publishes the definitive rules of whist | |
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| 1742 |
| | | Charity schools, one for boys and one for girls, are opened briefly on Kew Green, supported by local subscribers led by Prince Frederick | |
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| 1742 |
| | | Grove House is built in Ham Street, Ham | |
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| 1743 |
| | | George II leads a British army to victory over the French at Dettingen | |
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| 1743 |
| | | Benjamin Franklin drafts in Philadelphia the founding document for the American Philosophical Society | |
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| 1744 |
| | | Edward Filmer attends a cricket match in Kent | |
|  | Letter from Edward Filmer, 1744
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| 1744 |
| | | Muhammad ibn Saud begins the expansion of power that will lead eventually to the establishment of Saudi Arabia | |
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| 1744 |
| | | Churchwardens of St Mary's, Sir Godfrey Kneller and Thomas Vernon, raise funds and the church is rebuilt in red brick to a design of John James. | |
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