1750 in Great Britain

1750 in Great Britain:

Other years

1748 | 1749 | 1750 | 1751 | 1752

Sport

1750 English cricket season

Events from the year 1750 in Great Britain.

Incumbents

• Monarch – George II
• Prime Minister – Henry Pelham (Whig)
• Parliament – 10th

Events

Westminster Bridge

• 17 January – John Canton reads a paper in the presence of the Royal Society on a method of making artificial magnets.[1]
• 8 February – an earthquake is felt in London.[2]
• 8 March – a second more powerful earthquake is felt in London.[2]
• 20 March – Samuel Johnson begins publication of the periodical The Rambler.[1]
• 24 June – Iron Act, passed by Parliament, comes into effect, restricting manufacture of iron products in the American colonies.[1]
• 18 November – Westminster Bridge is officially opened for the general public to use,[3] the only fixed crossing of the River Thames between London Bridge and Putney.

Undated

• Establishment of the Jockey Club.[1]
• Thomas Gainsborough's painting Mr and Mrs Andrews.[4]

Births

• 18 February – David Bogue, nonconformist leader (died 1825)
• 2 May – John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (died 1780)
• 26 September – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, admiral (died 1810)

Deaths

• 8 February – Aaron Hill, writer (born 1685)
• 3 May – John Willison, minister and writer (born 1680)
• 3 October – 'Captain' James MacLaine (or Maclean), gentleman highwayman (born 1724) (hanged at Tyburn)

References

1. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 313–314. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
2. "Historical Earthquakes Listing". Archived from the original on 8 May 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
3. Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1995). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 976. ISBN 0-333-57688-8.
4. "Mr and Mrs Andrews: Key Facts". The National Gallery. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.

See also