1743 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1743 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister - Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, Whig (to 2 July), Henry Pelham, Whig

14 February - Henry Pelham becomes Prime Minister.^[1]
21 February - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, Samson.
16 June–27 June - War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Dettingen is fought in Bavaria. King George II leads the troops to victory over the French — the last time a British monarch participates in a battle. George Frideric Handel writes the oratorio Dettingen Te Deum in celebration of the King's victory.^[2]
27 August - Henry Pelham becomes Prime Minister, following the death of Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington on 2 July.^[3]
13 September - Treaty of Worms signed between Great Britain, Austria and Sardinia.
25 October - France and Spain form the Alliance of Fontainebleau with the aim of recapturing Gibraltar from Britain.^[2]

Dr Christopher Packe produces the first geological map of south-east England.^[4]
William Hogarth begins painting his Marriage à-la-mode series.^[2]
The final edition of Alexander Pope's The Dunciad is published.^[2]

13 February - Sir 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)

^ PMs in History, Henry Pelham. Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 217-218. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ (1999) The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.