Editing 1741 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 6]] &ndash; The [[New York Slave Insurrection of 1741|New York Slave Insurrection]], a plot to set fire to [[New York City]], is discovered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/negroplot/account1741plot.html|title=The 'Negro Plot Trials': An Account|first=Douglas O.|last=Linder|year=2009|work=FamousTrials.com}}</ref>
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: An [[Archduchy of Austria|Austrian]] army is defeated by [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] troops of [[Frederick the Great]] in the [[Battle of Mollwitz]].
* [[May 4]] &ndash; [[Vitus Bering]] sets out from [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]] to map the coasts of [[Siberia]] and [[Alaska]].
* [[May 9]] &ndash; [[War of Jenkins' Ear]]: [[Battle of Cartagena de Indias]] &ndash; [[Spanish Empire|Spain]]'s defenders in [[New Grenada]], under the command of General [[Blas de Lezo]], defeat [[Edward Vernon]]'s Royal Navy force, leading to a British retreat to Jamaica.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Cartagena, Expedition against|first=James D.|last=Drake|title=The Encyclopedia of North American Colonial Conflicts to 1775|editor=Tucker, Spencer|publisher=Harper Collins|year=2008}}</ref>
* [[May 14]] &ndash; [[HMS Wager (1739)|HMS ''Wager'']], one of the vessels of [[George Anson, 1st Baron Anson#Voyage around the world|George Anson's voyage around the world]], is wrecked on the coast of [[Chile]], killing most of the crew who have survived [[scurvy]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Stephen R.|last=Bown|title=Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail|publisher=Macmillan|year=2005}}</ref>
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Nader Shah]], [[Emperor of Persia]], narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.<ref>{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Axworthy|title=Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant|publisher=I.B. Tauris|year=2010}}</ref> 
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: King [[George II of Great Britain]] orders the [[British Army]] to prepare for an invasion of Prussia to defend his [[Electorate of Hanover]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Brendan|last1=Simms|first2=Torsten|last2=Riotte|title=The Hanoverian Dimension in British History, 1714–1837|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2007|page=1041}}</ref>
* [[June 11]] &ndash; [[1741 British general election]], begun on April 30, concludes with Prime Minister [[Robert Walpole]]'s [[Whigs (British political party)|Whigs]] retaining their majority in the House of Commons but losing 44 seats to candidates who have defected to the new [[Patriot Whigs]] to oppose his policies. 
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Maria Theresa of Austria]] is crowned [[Kingdom of Hungary|Queen Regnant of Hungary]] in [[Bratislava]].