Important Historical Events of the year 1741, Year 1741 in History

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List of 1741 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1741

What happened in the year 1741?

Date	Event
March 13, 1741	The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
March 18, 1741	New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
April 10, 1741	War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.
May 20, 1741	The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses.
June 25, 1741	Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
July 15, 1741	Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
July 31, 1741	Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
August 10, 1741	King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.
August 29, 1741	The eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a tsunami caused by the eruption of Oshima.
September 14, 1741	George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.