1750 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1750 in Great Britain.

Incumbents

17 January - John Canton reads a paper before the Royal Society on a method of making artificial magnets.^[1]
8 February - An earthquake is felt in London.^[2]
8 March - A second more powerful earthquake is felt in London.^[2]
20 March - Samuel Johnson begins publication of the periodical The Rambler.^[1]
24 June - Iron Act, passed by Parliament, comes into effect, restricting manufacture of iron products in the American colonies.^[1]
18 November - Westminster Bridge is officially opened.^[3]

18 February - David Bogue, nonconformist leader (died 1825)
2 May - John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (died 1780)
26 September - Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, admiral (died 1810)

8 February - Aaron Hill, writer (born 1685)
3 May - John Willison, minister and writer (born 1680 in Scotland)
3 October - 'Captain' James MacLaine (or Maclean), gentleman highwayman (born 1724 in Scotland) (hanged at Tyburn)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 313–314. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ ^a ^b "Historical Earthquakes Listing". http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
^ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1995). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 976. ISBN 0-333-57688-8.
^ "Mr and Mrs Andrews: Key Facts". The National Gallery. http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/thomas-gainsborough-mr-and-mrs-andrews/*/key-facts. Retrieved 8 January 2010.