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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s Years: 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 - 1743 - 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes Prime Minister of England Battle of Dettingen Births February 13 - Sir Joseph Banks, British naturalist and botanist February 19 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian classical music preformer February 23 - Mayer Amschel Rothschild[?], banker (+ 1812) March 4 - Johann David Wyss, Swiss author, (+ 1818) April 13 - Thomas Jefferson, later 3rd President of the United States(+ 1826). August 26 - Antoine Lavoisier (French chemist aka father of modern chemistry) September 17 - Marquis de Condorcet, mathematician, philosopher, and political scientist Deaths
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s
Years: 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 - 1743 - 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748
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