In the year 1741, Spain wins an impressive victory over Great Britain in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias, consolidating its supremacy in South America (May), Alexei Chirikov and his crew become the first Europeans to visit Alaska (Jul 15), the Battle of Colachel ends the Dutch colonial rule in India (Aug 10), Anders Celsius develops Centigrade, the predecessor of the Celsius scale (Dec 21) - and all these fine people were born:

1741-0114 Benedict Arnold* military officer/traitor – Norwich, Connecticut colony (1801/60)

1741-0207 Henry Fuseli* painter/draughtsman/writer on art – Zürich, Switzerland (1825/84)
1741-0209 Henri-Joseph Rigel* composer – Wertheim-am-Main, German Empire (1799/58)
1741-0227 George Meade* merchant during the American Revolution/serving both sides – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony (1808/67)

1741-0313 Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor* son of Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I/brother of Marie Antoinette - Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire (1790/48)
1741-0317 William Withering* botanist/chemist/physician - Wellington, England (1799/58)
1741-0325 Jean-Antoine Houdon* sculptor - Versailles, France (1828/87)

1741-0523 Andrea Luchesi* composer - Motta di Livenza, Italy (1801/59)

1741-0613 Anthony Lispenard Bleecker* banker/merchant/auctioneer – New Rochelle, New York, British America (1816/74)

1741-0922 Peter Simon Pallas* zoologist/ botanist active in Russia - Berlin, Prussia (1811/69)

1741-1004 Edmond Malone* Shakespearean scholar/editor of the works of William Shakespeare - Dublin, Ireland (1812/70)

1741-1115 Johann Kaspar Lavater* poet/ philosopher/physiognomist - Zürich, Switzerland (1801/59)

Updated 15.3.2023-1
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