1740 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1740 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
- By an act of the Parliament, alien immigrants (including Huguenots and Jews) in the colonies receive British nationality.
- The song "Rule, Britannia!" is first performed at Cliveden, the country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales.[1]
- George Anson sets out on a voyage around the world.[1]
- Henry Hindley invents a device to cut the teeth of clock wheels.[1]
- William Hogarth paints a portrait of Captain Thomas Coram (pictured).[1]
- A now-discredited account of William Stukeley asserts that Stonehenge was built by druids.[2]
[edit] Births
- 17 September - John Hamilton Mortimer, painter (died 1779)
- 29 October - James Boswell, author (died 1795)
- 24 November - John Bacon, sculptor (died 1799)
- Henry Cort, ironmaster (died 1800)
- Francis Light, founder of the British colony of Penang (died 1794)
[edit] Deaths
- 23 April - Thomas Tickell, writer (born 1685)
- 6 June - Alexander Spotswood, governor of Virginia Colony (born 1676)
- 17 June - Sir William Wyndham, politician (born 1687)
- 20 December - Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, military officer and statesman (born 1675)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 308. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Icons, a portrait of England 1700-1750. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
[edit] See also
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