1753 in Great Britain

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Events from the year 1753 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

[edit] Incumbents

• Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
• Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Whig

[edit] Events

• 29 January - After a month's absence, Elizabeth Canning returns to her mother's home in London and claims that she was abducted. Following criminal trial causes uproar.
• 7 June - The British Museum is established by Act of Parliament.^[1]
• July - Parliament passes the Marriage Act requiring marriages to be performed by licensed ministers and the reading of banns of marriage.^[2]
• 7 July - Parliament passes the Jewish Naturalization Act as a measure to end discrimination against Jews, but widespread opposition leads to its repeal the following year.^[2]

[edit] Publications

• James Lind's A Treatise of the Scurvy.^[2]
• David Hume's Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects.^[2]
• Samuel Richardson's The History of Sir Charles Grandison.^[2]

[edit] Births

• 8 March - William Roscoe, writer (died 1831)
• 27 March - Andrew Bell, educationist and priest (died 1832)
• 9 July - William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, Governor of Newfoundland (died 1825)
• 12 August - Thomas Bewick, wood engraver (died 1828)
• 10 September - John Soane, architect (died 1837)
• 22 November - Dugald Stewart, philosopher (died 1828)
• 3 December - Samuel Crompton, inventor (died 1827)
• 12 December - William Beechey, portrait-painter (died 1839)
• Edward Pigott, astronomer (died 1825)

[edit] Deaths

• 11 January - Hans Sloane, physician and collector (born 1660, Ireland)
• 14 January - George Berkeley, philosopher (born 1685, Ireland)
• 27 September - Sir John Anstruther, 1st Baronet, Scottish politician
• 15 December - Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, architect (born 1694)

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