200 years in art: 1742

Canaletto

François Boucher

William Hogarth

Nicolas Lancret

From Wikipedia:

January–June

• January 24 – Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
• February 16 – Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.
• February 18 – The British attack La Guaira.
• April 13 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio The Messiah is first performed in Dublin, Ireland.
• May 17 – Frederick the Great's army defeats Austrians in Chotusitz; later Austria cedes Silesia to Prussia.
• May 25 – A battle is fought at Sahay.

July–December

• December 2 – The Pennsylvania Journal first appears in print in the United States.

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