1743 in Great Britain

1743 in Great Britain:

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Sport

1743 English cricket season

Events from the year 1743 in Great Britain.

Incumbents

• Monarch – George II
• Prime Minister – Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (Whig) (until 2 July); Henry Pelham (Whig) (starting 27 August)
• Parliament – 9th

George II at the Battle of Dettingen, by John Wootton

Events

• 21 February – the premiere in London of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, Samson.
• 16 June (27 June New Style) – War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Dettingen is fought in Bavaria. King George II leads the troops of Britain and Brunswick to victory over the French – the last time a reigning British monarch participates in a battle. The Prime Minister, Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, is also present, observing from a carriage. George Frideric Handel writes the oratorio Dettingen Te Deum in celebration of the King's victory.[1]
• 14 August – Great Fire of Crediton in Devon.
• 27 August – Henry Pelham becomes Prime Minister, following the death of Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, on 2 July.[2][3]
• 13 September – Treaty of Worms signed between Great Britain, the Holy Roman Emperor and the Kingdom of Sardinia.
• 25 October – France and Spain form the Alliance of Fontainebleau with the aim of recapturing Gibraltar from Britain.[1]

Undated

• Gin Act 1743 attempts to increase taxation on gin provoking riots in London.
• Dr Christopher Packe produces the first geological map of south-east England.[4]
• Last wolf said to be killed in Scotland.[5]
• William Hogarth begins painting his Marriage à-la-mode series.[1]

Publications

• Robert Blair's poem The Grave is published.[6]
• The final edition of Alexander Pope's The Dunciad is published.[1]

Births

• 13 February – Joseph Banks, naturalist and botanist (died 1820)
• 24 April – Edmund Cartwright, clergyman and inventor of the power loom (died 1823)
• July – William Paley, philosopher (died 1805)

Deaths

• 4 April – Daniel Neal, English historian (born 1678)
• 23 May – Thomas Archer, baroque architect (born 1668)
• 2 July – Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, second Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1674)
• 1 August – Richard Savage, writer (born c. 1697)
• 5 August – John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (born 1696)
• 4 October – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (born 1678)

References

1. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
2. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 217–218. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
3. "PMs in History, Henry Pelham". Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
4. The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
5. "The Wolf in Scotland". ElectricScotland. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
6. Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.

See also