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| South America & Caribbean:Events of this year in this region influencing Louisiana. |
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| North America:Frenchman sieur de la Verendrye explores the Dakotas and Minnesota. Spaniards are repulsed after an attempt to re-take the Georgia colony. Coal discovered in West Virginia and Franklin invents a stove. Faneuil Hall in Boston. |
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| Europe: England allies itself with Austria as Prussia pulls out of the opposition in the continuing War of Austrian Succession. Robert Walpole resigns as Prime Minister of England after 21 years and is credited with creating the cabinet and party systems. Cotton mills multiply in England with material imported from India. Theatre by Voltaire; fiction by Henry Fielding; The Messiahand Joy to the World by Handel; music by Bach; Hoyle on cards |
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Bienville resigns as governor of the colony of Louisiana.
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Marie Therese Coincoin is born near Natchitoches. |
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