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Maria Theresa Crown 1741Maria Theresa accepts the crown of Hungary at Presburg, despite opposition from France & others (hence war of the Austrian Succession) Date: 1741
Bartmy. Faujas de Saint-Fond (geologiste), professeur de geologie au Jardin du Roi. Ne e Montelimar... 1741... mort... 1819
Sir James Hunter BlairSIR JAMES HUNTER BLAIR Edinburgh banker. Date: 1741 - 1787
Benoit Comte De BoigneBENOIT, comte de BOIGNE French (Savoie) soldier and philanthropist; he married Anne Osmond of London. Date: 1741 - 1830
J-B Rousseau (Millet)JEAN-BAPTISTE ROUSSEAU French writer Date: 1670 - 1741
Karl Friedrich BahrdtKARL FRIEDRICH BAHRDT German writer and adventurer Date: 1741 - 1792
Pieter BurmanPIETER BURMAN Dutch scholar and poet - Fame trumpets his praises, a cupid carves his name on a monument while others prepare garlands to ornament his brow... Date: 1668 - 1741
Foundling Hospital, Redhill, SurreyThe Foundling Hospital at Redhill, Surrey. The Hospital was founded in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram and in 1741 began construction of premises at Bloomsbury Fields, London
Aem Gretry / Clement / Mus CANDRE-ERNEST-MODESTE GRETRY French composer
Aem Gretry / Joly / ElysiumANDRE-ERNEST-MODESTE GRETRY French composer arriving in the Elysian Fields
Eliz Petrovna / Russia / TchELIZABETH PETROVNA Empress of Russia (1741-62)
Antonio Vivaldi / Anon EngANTONIO VIVALDI Italian composer
Payta BombardedAnson, in the course of his round-the-world voyage, bombards and nearly destroys the town of Payta in northern Peru
Sir Richard OnslowSIR RICHARD ONSLOW British Admiral of the Royal Navy
Lavater (Bosio)JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER Swiss poet, mystic and writer on philosophy and theology; here, conducting research into physiognomy
Hester Thrale / HomeHENRY AND HESTER THRALE Thrale Place, Streatham, where Dr Samuel Johnson paid frequent visits to his friends, Henry and Hester Thrale
Hester Thrale / HopwoodHESTER THRALE Friend of Dr Samuel Johnson, and wife of the brewer, Henry Thrale; she later married her Italian singing teacher and became Mrs Piozzi
Hester Thrale / ReynoldsHESTER THRALE Friend of Dr Samuel Johnson, and wife of the brewer, Henry Thrale
Charles Rollin (Mono)CHARLES ROLLIN French historian and educator
Aem Gretry / Geille / IsabeyANDRE-ERNEST-MODESTE GRETRY French composer at his desk
Eliz Petrovna / Russia / TocELIZABETH PETROVNA Empress of Russia (1741-62)
Josef Ii / Hre / Fuger MiniaEMPEROR JOSEF II Holy Roman Emperor (1765-90), King of Germany (1764-90), son of Maria Theresia
Josef Ii / Hre / FurstenEMPEROR JOSEF II Holy Roman Emperor (1765-90), King of Germany (1764-90), son of Maria Theresia
Martin Folkes AntiquaryMARTIN FOLKES Scholar and antiquary, elected President of the Royal Society in 1741. Date: 1690 - 1754
Martin FolkesMARTIN FOLKES Scholar and antiquary, elected President of the Royal Society in 1741
Lavater, ProfileJOHANN KASPAR LAVATER Swiss physiognomist
Martin Folkes / HogarthMARTIN FOLKES Scholar and antiquary, elected President of the Royal Society in 1741
Gretry PostcardANDRE-ERNEST-MODESTE GRETRY French composer
Art / Lavaters ChairChair designed by Johan Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801) for taking silhouettes
Criminal, Henry CookHENRY COOK: Debtor, petty thief, giver of threats of violence, foot-pad, highwayman, horse thief, shoemaker, hanged at Tyburn 6 December 1741
Ignaz PotockiIGNAZ POTOCKI Polish statesman and writer
Shakespeare / Monumt / GraveWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE English poet and playwright. His monument in Westminster Abbey, London, which was erected in 1741
TREE-MANA Tree-Man from a subterranean planet
Land of MusicA Dweller in the Land of Music
J-F De Galaup, LaperouseJEAN-FRANCOIS DE GALAUP, Comte de LA PEROUSE French navigator in Pacific &c, apparently murdered by natives of Santa Cruz Islands
Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, French missionaryPierre Joseph Georges Pigneau de Behaine, a French missionary to Vietnam