1743 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1743 in Great Britain.

Incumbents

Monarch - King George II
Prime Minister - Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, Whig (to 2 July), Henry Pelham, Whig

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.^[1]
27 August - Henry Pelham becomes Prime Minister, following the death of Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington on 2 July.^[2]^[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.^[1]

Dr Christopher Packe produces the first geological map of south-east England.^[4]
Last wolf said to be killed in Scotland.^[5]
William Hogarth begins painting his Marriage à-la-mode series.^[1]
The final edition of Alexander Pope's The Dunciad is published.^[1]

13 February - 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)

4 April - Daniel Neal, English historian (born 1678)
23 May - Thomas Archer, baroque architect (born 1668)
2 July - Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, second Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1674)
1 August - Richard Savage, writer (born c. 1697)
5 August - John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (born 1696)
4 October - John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (born 1678)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 217–218. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ "PMs in History, Henry Pelham". http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page172.asp. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
^ The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
^ "The Wolf in Scotland". ElectricScotland. http://www.electricscotland.com/books/wildlife1.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-16.

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