Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist, entomologist, and psychologist (d. 1828)
Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus. After studying under Linnaeus at Uppsala University, he spent seven years travelling in southern Africa and Asia, collecting and describing many plants and animals new to European science, and observing local cultures. He has been called "the father of South African botany", "pioneer of Occidental Medicine in Japan", and the "Japanese Linnaeus".
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Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor. - 19May
Centigrade temperature scale
Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale. - 13Sep
Treaty of Worms (1743)
Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.