1732 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1732 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig
[edit] Events
- 7 December - The original Covent Garden Theatre Royal (now the Royal Opera House) is opened.[1]
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- Secession Church formed in Scotland.[2]
- First performance in London of George Frideric Handel's oratorio Esther.[3]
[edit] Births
- 13 April - Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister (d. 1792)
- 6 October - Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal (d. 1811)
- 6 December - Warren Hastings, administrator (d. 1818)
- 23 December - Richard Arkwright, inventor (d. 1792)
[edit] Deaths
- 12 January - John Horsley, archaeologist (born c.1685)
- 22 February - Francis Atterbury, bishop and man of letters (born 1663)
- 20 May - Thomas Boston, church leader (born 1676)
- 16 July - Woodes Rogers, privateer and first Royal Governor of the Bahamas (born c.1679)
- 4 December - John Gay, poet and dramatist (born 1685)
[edit] References
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ William L. R. Cates (1863). The Pocket Date Book. Chapman and Hall.
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
[edit] See also
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