What Happened in July 1741

Historical Events

Event of Interest

Jul 8 Theologian Jonathan Edwards preaches perhaps the most famous of all American sermons "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" at Enfield, Connecticut, part of the Great Awakening

Jul 15 Alexei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska
Jul 28 Captain Vitus Bering discovers Mount St Elias, Alaska
Jul 31 Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.

1741 History

Famous Birthdays

Jul 27 François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1808)

Born in 1741

Famous Deaths

Jul 3 Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Queen consort of Sardinia (1737-41), dies at 29

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Jul 28 Italian Baroque composer (The Four Seasons), dies at 63

Jul 30 Wierich PL count von DauWirich Philipp von Daun, Austrian nobleman and field marshal, Viceroy of Naples, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, dies at 71

What Happened in 1741

Vivaldi Dies On ‘Black Day’ of July 28
July 28, 1741

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