Editing 1741 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 13]] 
**[[Lanesborough, Massachusetts]] is created as a township.<ref>''Humphrey v. Whitney'', in ''Massachusetts Reports'', vol. '''20''' (West Publishing, 1836) pp. 157-15.8</ref>
**[[Conventicle Act (Denmark–Norway)|Conventicle Act of 1741]] is introduced in [[Denmark-Norway]].<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=konventikkel |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/konventikkel |language=no|access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref>
*[[February 13]] &ndash; Sir [[Robert Walpole]], the [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]], popularizes the term "the [[balance of power (international relations)|balance of power]]" in a speech in Parliament.<ref>{{cite book|first=Max|last=Cryer|title=Common Phrases: And the Amazing Stories Behind Them|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing|year=2010|page=26}}</ref>
*[[February 14]] &ndash; Irish-born actor [[Charles Macklin]] makes his London stage debut as [[Shylock]] in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]], pioneering a psychologically realistic style with [[Shakespeare]]'s text revived, replacing [[George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne|George Granville]]'s melodramatic adaptation [[The Merchant of Venice#Performance history|''The Jew of Venice'']].<ref>{{cite book|first=John Russell|last=Brown|title=Shakespeare's Plays in Performance|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|year=1993|page=63}}</ref> [[Kitty Clive]] plays the [[Travesti (theatre)|travesti]] role of [[Portia (The Merchant of Venice)|Portia]].<ref>{{cite journal|first=Fiona|last=Ritchie|title=Shakespeare and the Eighteenth-Century Actress|journal=Borrowers and Lenders|volume=2|issue=2|year=2006|url=https://borrowers-ojs-azsu.tdl.org/borrowers/article/view/50|accessdate=2023-12-29}}</ref>
*[[March 9]] &ndash; [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: [[Prussia]]n troops bring down the Austrian fortress of [[Głogów|Glogau]] (modern-day Głogów in Poland).<ref>{{cite book|first=Bryan|last=Perrett|title=Why the Germans Lost: The Rise and Fall of the Black Eagle|location=Barnsley|publisher=Pen and Sword|year=2013|page=8}}</ref>
*[[March 13]] &ndash; The British [[Royal Navy]] takes 180 warships, frigates and transport vessels, led by Admiral Edward Vernon, to threaten [[Cartagena, Colombia]], with more than 27,000 crew against the 3,600 defenders.<ref>{{cite book|first=Dolores|last=Luna Guinot|title=From Al-Andalus to Monte Sacro|publisher=Trafford Publishing|year=2014}}</ref>