Goldbach is most noted for his correspondence with Leibniz, Euler, and Bernoulli, especially in his 1742 letter to Euler stating his Goldbach's conjecture.

From 1438 the Habsburgs, who controlled most of the southeast of the Empire ( more or less modern-day Austria and Slovenia, and Bohemia and Moravia after the death of King Louis II in 1526 ), maintained a constant grip on the position of the Holy Roman Emperor until 1806 ( with the exception of the years between 1742 and 1745 ).

In 1742 most of Silesia, including Liegnitz, became part of the Kingdom of Prussia after King Frederick the Great's defeat of Austria in the War of the Austrian Succession.

In 1742, most of Silesia was seized by King Frederick the Great of Prussia in the War of the Austrian Succession and subsequently made the Prussian Province of Silesia.

Lower Silesia and most of Upper Silesia became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1742 during the First Silesian War.

After 1742 the war was subsumed by the wider War of the Austrian Succession involving most of the powers of Europe.

The most famous of Louis's mistresses were the sisters of Mailly-Nesle ( four of the five sisters were king's mistresses, notably Louise-Julie, Comtesse de Mailly from 1738 to 1742 and Marie Anne, Duchesse de Châteauroux in 1743-44 ); Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour ( called Madame de Pompadour, the official mistress from 1745 to 1764 ); and Marie Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry ( official mistress from 1768 until the king's death in 1774 ).

King Frederick II of Prussia conquered most of Silesia from Austria in 1740 during the Silesian Wars ; Prussian control was confirmed in the Peace of Breslau in 1742.

Charlestown ’ s most prominent history occurred during the colonial period and to just after the Revolutionary War ( 1742 – 1790 ).

It is one of the oldest rooms in the castle, dating from the 1740s, though its decoration largely dates from c. 1790, including the most significant painted ceiling in Ireland executed by Vincenzo Valdre ( c. 1742 – 1814 ).

He was most notable for his defeat by Frederick the Great at the Battle of Chotusitz in 1742 and the Battle of Hohenfriedberg in 1745.

William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, PC ( 22 March 1684 – 7 July 1764 ) was an English politician, a Whig, created the first Earl of Bath in 1742 by King George II ; he is sometimes stated to have been Prime Minister, for the shortest term ever ( two days ), though most modern sources reckon that he cannot be considered to have held the office.

In the eighteenth century alone, there were fourteen large uprisings, the most important of which were that of Juan Santos Atahualpa in 1742, and the Sierra Uprising of Túpac Amaru II in 1780.

Maratha raid on Bengal in 1742 took the lives of over 50, 000 Bengali most of whom were Muslims.

In May 1741, shortly after Augustus ' birth, Richard participated in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias ( 1741 ), the most significant battle of the War of Jenkins ' Ear ( 1739 – 1742 ), during the course of which he died, most likely of yellow fever ,< ref >

In March 1742, the British who were based in Fort St George in Madras sent a modest hamper to Nizam ul-mulk in recognition of his leadership of the most important of the Mughal successor states.

After the First Silesian War in 1742, most of Silesia, including Reichenbach, became part of the Kingdom of Prussia.

After the First Silesian War in 1742, the town, along with most of Silesia, found itself in the expanding Prussian Kingdom.

It became part of the Habsburg Monarchy until it was annexed with most of Silesia by the Prussian king Frederick the Great in 1742.

In 1742 / 48 it was ceded to Prussia ( with most of the Silesian territory ).

For most of this period ( at first under the leadership of Sir William Wyndham ), the Tories retained party cohesion, with occasional hopes of regaining office, particularly at the accession of George II ( 1727 ) and the downfall of the ministry of Sir Robert Walpole in 1742.

La Grace ( 1720 ) and Religion ( 1742 ), his most important work, are inspired by a sincere piety, and are written in verse of uniform clearness and excellence.

In 1742 Trebnitz with most of Silesia was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia and the monastery was finally securalized in 1810.

In 1773 King Frederick II of Prussia, having conquered and annexed Silesia in 1742, had St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin built for the Catholic Upper Silesian immigrants, now the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin.

Most of Silesia was conquered by Prussia in 1742, later becoming part of the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany up to 1945.

After the Prussian king Frederick the Great had invaded Silesia, Bielsko remained with the Habsburg Monarchy as part of Austrian Silesia according to the 1742 Treaty of Breslau.

With Bohemian Silesia, Lubin in 1526 fell to the Habsburg Monarchy, it was devastated several times during the Thirty Years ' War and conquered by King Frederick II of Prussia in 1742.

In 1742 the bulk of Upper Silesia was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia, and in 1871 became part of the German Empire.

After the majority of Silesia was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia during the War of the Austrian Succession after 1740, the remaining Silesian territory still under the control of the Habsburg Monarchy became known as Austrian Silesia with its capital in Troppau ( 1742 – 1918 ).

Crown land of Silesia until 1742 ( outlined in cyan ) and Silesia Province from 1815 ( yellow ), superimposed on modern international borders

By the end of the First Silesian War in 1742, the Prussian forces had conquered almost all of the Habsburg crown land, while according to the peace treaties of Breslau and Berlin, only some smaller parts in the extreme southeast, like the Duchy of Teschen as well as the southern parts of the duchies of Troppau and Nysa, remained possessions of the Habsburg Monarchy as Austrian Silesia.

As Oels, the city was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1742 during the First Silesian War and administered within the Province of Silesia.

After Frederick II of Prussia had conquered Silesia in 1742, his fierce opponent Maria Theresa of Austria once again stroke back in the course of the Seven Years ' War: In 1760 Austrian troops under the command of field marshal Laudon invaded the province and on June 23 defeated a Prussian corps under Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué at the Battle of Landeshut.

Once Silesia had come under the control of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1742, the Prussian government took an active interest in promoting the pottery industry and intervened in favor of increased production.

The Kingdom of Prussia had clashed with Habsburg Empire for Silesia and victorious Frederic The Great, the king of Prussia, seizes Silesia under the agreement from 1742 concluding the war in a favor of the Prussians.

The charter was renewed in 1742, 1764, and 1781.

La Fontaine's model was subsequently emulated by England's John Gay ( 1685 – 1732 ); Poland's Ignacy Krasicki ( 1735 – 1801 ); Italy's Lorenzo Pignotti ( 1739 – 1812 ) and Giovanni Gherardo de Rossi ( 1754 – 1827 ); Serbia's Dositej Obradović ( 1742 – 1811 ); Spain's Félix María de Samaniego ( 1745 – 1801 ) and Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa ( 1750 – 1791 ); France's Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian ( 1755 – 94 ); and Russia's Ivan Krylov ( 1769 – 1844 ).

The prohibitive duty was gradually reduced and finally abolished in 1742.

* was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1742 and sold 1784.

He was involved in, and wrote about, local politics in 1742.

Under the regency of the Bavarian electors Munich was an important centre of baroque life but also had to suffer under Habsburg occupations in 1704 and 1742.

For over 40 years after Walpole's fall in 1742, there was widespread ambivalence about the position.

The prohibitive duty was gradually reduced and finally abolished in 1742.

The island ’ s first hospital was built on its present site in 1742.

Along with the inventor and microscopist Robert Hooke ( 1635 – 1703 ), Sir Christopher Wren ( 1632 – 1723 ) and Sir Isaac Newton ( 1642 – 1727 ), English scientist and astronomer Edmond Halley ( 1656 – 1742 ) was trying to develop a mechanical explanation for planetary motion.

In February 1742, following poor election results and the disaster at Cartagena, Walpole was at last forced to succumb to the long-continued attacks of opposition, resigned and took a peerage.

Year 1742 ( MDCCXLII ) was a common year starting on Monday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar.

It was officially awarded township status in 1742, and it is still the major town for the region.

In 1742, the Palatinate was inherited by Duke Charles Theodore of Sulzbach.

An early critic of social contract theory was Rousseau's friend, the philosopher David Hume, who in 1742 published an essay " Of Civil Liberty ", in whose second part, entitled, " Of the Original Contract ", he stressed that the concept of a " social contract " was a convenient fiction:

Formal trading rights were introduced in 1614, and the city was incorporated through a royal charter in 1742.

After the rebellion and liberation in 1660, Molde became the administrative headquarter of Romsdalen Amt and was incorporated through a royal charter in 1742.

The coat-of-arms was granted on 27 June 1742.

The leader of the Whigs was Robert Walpole, who maintained control of the government in the period 1721 – 1742 ; his protégé was Henry Pelham ( 1743 – 54 ).

Elizabeth invited her young nephew to Saint Petersburg, where he was received into the Orthodox Church and proclaimed heir on 7 November 1742.