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1743
 
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George II leads a British army to victory over the French at Dettingen      
1743
 
    
Benjamin Franklin drafts in Philadelphia the founding document for the American Philosophical Society       
1744
 
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Muhammad ibn Saud begins the expansion of power that will lead eventually to the establishment of Saudi Arabia      
1744
 
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France formally declares war on Britain half way through the War of the Austrian Succession      
1744
 
   
The Muslim reformer Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab makes an alliance with Muhammad ibn Saud, of significance to the later Saudi dynasty      
1744
 
   
J.S. Bach publishes another set of 24 Preludes and Fugues, as an addition to his previous Well-Tempered Clavier      
1744
 
    
Franklin publishes his design for an improved stove in Account of the New Invented Pennsylvania Fire Place       
1744
 
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Bad weather causes the French to abandon a plan to invade Britain with the Scottish pretender Charles Edward Stuart      
1745
 
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New England militiamen achieve an unexpected success in capturing the fortress of Louisbourg from the French      
1745
 
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Maurice de Saxe, with a French army including an Irish brigade, defeats British, Austrian and Dutch forces at Fontenoy