1735 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1735 in Great Britain.

Incumbents

8 January - Premiere of George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.^[1]
16 April - The London premiere of Alcina by Handel, his first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House.^[2]
22 May - George Hadley publishes the first explanation of the trade winds.^[3]
22 September - Robert Walpole moves into 10 Downing Street.^[4]

William Hogarth produces his A Rake's Progress series of paintings.^[2]
Edmund Curll tries to publish "Mr Pope's Literary Correspondence", the stock of which is subsequently seized.
Richard Leveridge writes a melody to Henry Fielding's The Roast Beef of Old England.
Beau Nash appoints himself master of ceremonies at Tunbridge Wells.
Welsh Methodist revival begins.

8 January - John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, Royal Navy admiral (died 1823)
22 February - Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, politician (died 1806)
7 September - Thomas Coutts, banker (died 1822)
28 September - Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister (died 1811)
21 October - Richard Gough, antiquary (died 1809)
10 November - Granville Sharp, abolitionist (died 1813)
29 December - Thomas Banks, sculptor and artist (died 1805)
date unknown
- John Julius Angerstein, merchant and insurer (died 1822)
- Button Gwinnett, 2nd Governor of Georgia (died 1777)
- John Howie, biographer (died 1793)
- James Keir, geologist, chemist, and industrialist (died 1820)

12 January - John Eccles, composer (born 1668)
27 February - John Arbuthnot, physician and author (born 1667)
5 April - William Derham, minister and writer (born 1657)
5 April - Samuel Wesley, poet and religious leader (born 1662)
10 June - Thomas Hearne, antiquarian (born 1678)
14 December - Thomas Tanner, bishop and antiquarian (born 1674)
date unknown - Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe, politician and colonial administrator (born 1700)

↑ "1735." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 13 Jun, 2007
↑ 2.0 2.1 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 305. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
↑ The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
↑ "Icons, a portrait of England 1700-1750". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-24.