1743 in Great Britain

none November 2020 November 2020 1743 y Events from the year 1743 in the Kingdom of Great Britain. thumb|265px|alt=Oil-on-canvas painting by John Wootton depicting King George II on a white horse.|George II at the Battle of Dettingen, 27 June 1743, oil-on-canvas, by John Wootton. thumb|upright|Henry Pelham, second Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1743, from 27 August.|alt= Incumbents Monarch — George II Prime Minister: Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (Whig) (until his death on 2 July);Bryant Christopher 2014 Parliament: The Biography, Volume 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=XzKtCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA379 England Random House 978-0-85752-224-5 379 Google Books Henry Pelham (Whig) (starting 27 August)History of Henry Pelham https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/henry-pelham GOV.UK Government of the United Kingdom n.d. 5 August 2026Thompson Andrew C. 17 December 2014 https://history.blog.gov.uk/2014/12/17/henry-pelham-whig-1743-1754/ Blog – History of government – Henry Pelham (Whig, 1743-1754) history.blog.gov.uk Government of the United Kingdom 5 August 2026 Events January to June 21 February – premiere in London of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, Samson. 2 March – War of Jenkins' Ear: Battle of La Guaira – a British expeditionary fleet under Sir Charles Knowles is defeated by the Spanish off the South-American coast. 13 April – British East India Company ship Princess Louisa is wrecked off the coast of Maio Island in the Cape Verde Islands, killing 49 of her 179 crew. 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.Williams Hywel 2005 Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration London, England Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-304-35730-8 July to December 13 July – all 276 people on board the Dutch East India Company ship Hollandia 1742 ship 2 drown after the ship strikes a rock off Annet, Isles of Scilly. 20 July – Lord Anson captures the Philippine galleon Nuestra Señora de Covadonga and its treasure of 1,313,843 Spanish dollars at Manila.Mourelle Francisco Antonio 1920 Voyage of the Sonora in the Second Bucareli Expedition T. C. Russell 108 27 August – Henry Pelham becomes Prime Minister, following the death of Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, on 2 July.Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London, England 217–218 0-7126-5616-2http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page172.asp PMs in History, Henry Pelham Number-10.gov.uk 2007-07-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070711051419/http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page172.asp 11 July 2007 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. 11 December – Princess Louise, the King's daughter, marries Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark and Norway.Beatty Michael A. 2003 The English Royal Family of America, from Jamestown to the American Revolution McFarland Jefferson, NC 0786415584 164 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. 1999 The Hutchinson Factfinder Helicon 1-85986-000-1 Last wolf said to be killed in Scotland.https://www.electricscotland.com/books/wildlife1.htm The Wolf in Scotland ElectricScotland 2010-07-16 William Hogarth begins painting his Marriage à-la-mode series. Publications Robert Blair's poem The Grave is published.Cox Michael 2004 The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm Oxford University Press 0-19-860634-6 registration The final edition of Alexander Pope's The Dunciad is published. Births 1 January – William Parker, admiral (died 1802). 13 February – Joseph Banks, naturalist and botanist (died 1820). 14 March – Hannah Cowley, dramatist and poet (died 1809). 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, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1674).Spencer Compton, earl of Wilmington English noble https://www.britannica.com/biography/Spencer-Compton-earl-of-Wilmington-Viscount-Pevensey Encyclopedia Britannica 1 September 2021 1 August – Richard Savage, writer (born c. 1697). 5 August – John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (born 1696). 23 August – Mary Edwards, heiress (born 1705). 4 October – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (born 1678). 5 October – Henry Carey, poet, dramatist and songwriter, suicide (born 1687). See also Great Britain History 1743 in Wales References 1743 Category:Years in the Kingdom of Great Britain Category:1743 in Europe Category:1740s in Great Britain Category:1743 by country