July 1741 in History

Events in History

Historic Event

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.

Deaths in History

Jul 3 Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Queen consort of Sardinia (1737-41), dies at 29
Jul 30 Wierich PL count von Daun, gov-gen of Austria & Netherlands, dies