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    1739 - Great Britain declares war on Spain. This becomes known as the War of Jenkins' Ear.
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      1740 - 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. Two months later, Friedrich II of Prussia invades the Habsburg possession of Silesia, starting the War of the Austrian Succession.
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        1741 - William Browning invents mineral water.
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          1742 - The first performance of George Frideric Handel's oratorio The Messiah, in Dublin, Ireland.

          I always thought of it as a Christmas performance.
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            1743 - King George II leads his own troops at the Battle of Dettingen is fought in Bavaria, the last British king to do so.
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              1744 - The First Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud.
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                1745 - death of Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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                  1746 - Samuel Johnson is contracted to write his A Dictionary of the English Language.

                  There were lots of errors in it, though.
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                    1747 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
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                      1748 - A fire in the City of London causes over a million pounds worth of damage.
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