1738 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1738 in Great Britain.

Incumbents

28 March - Robert Jenkins presents his pickled ear to Parliament stirring up war fever against Spain leading to the War of Jenkins' Ear the following year.^[1]
15 April - Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel.
24 May - John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day.^[2]

14 April - William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1809)
26 April - Henry Clinton, officer (died 1795)
4 June (New Style, 24 May Old Style) - King George III of the United Kingdom (died 1820)
11 October - Arthur Phillip, admiral and Governor of New South Wales (died 1814)
15 November - William Herschel, German-born British astronomer (died 1822)
31 December - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, general (died 1805)

1 May - Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (born c. 1669)
21 June - Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English politician (born 1674)
22 December - Constantia Jones, prostitute (executed) (born c. 1708)

^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 306–307. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ ^a ^b "1738." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 14 Jun, 2007