1740s

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Events

• 1740 to 1748 : War of the Austrian Succession .
• 1745 : Jacobite Rising in Scotland

Culture

• The new King Friedrich II promoted cultural life in the Prussian capital Berlin (revitalization of the Royal Academy of Sciences , construction of the Royal Court Opera ) and had a new city center built, the Forum Fridericianum .

Personalities

• Louis XV , King of France
• Maria Theresa , Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia
• Philip V , King of Spain
• Ferdinand VI. , King of Spain
• Friedrich II. , King of Prussia
• Benedict XIV , Pope
• Elisabeth , tsarina
• George II , King of Great Britain and Ireland
• Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington , Prime Minister of Great Britain and Ireland
• Henry Pelham , Prime Minister of Great Britain and Ireland
• Momozono , Emperor of Japan
• Sakuramachi , Emperor of Japan
• Qianlong , Emperor of China
• Maria Renata Singer von Mossau , German victim of the witch hunt

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