1750 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1750 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Whig
[edit] Events
- 8 February - an earthquake is felt in London.[1]
- 8 March - a second more powerful earthquake is felt in London.[1]
- November - Westminster Bridge is officially opened.[2]
[edit] Undated
- Parliament passes the Iron Act restricting manufacture of iron products in the American colonies.[3]
- Establishment of the Jockey Club.[3]
- John Canton reads a paper before the Royal Society on a method of making artificial magnets.[3]
- Samuel Johnson begins publication of the periodical The Rambler.[3]
[edit] Births
- 2 May - John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)
- 26 September - Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, admiral (d. 1810)
[edit] Deaths
- 8 February - Aaron Hill, writer (born 1685)
- 3 May - John Willison, minister and writer (born 1680)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Historical Earthquakes Listing. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
- ^ Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert (1995). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan, 976. ISBN 0-333-57688-8.
- ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 313–314. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
[edit] See also
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