1743 in Great Britain
Great Britain-related events during the year of 1743
Events from the year 1743 in Great Britain
Incumbents
George II at the Battle of Dettingen , by John Wootton Henry Pelham
Events
21 February – premiere in London of George Frideric Handel 's oratorio , Samson
2 March – War of Jenkins' Ear : Battle of La Guaira – A British expeditionary fleet under Sir Charles Knowles is defeated by the Spanish off the South American coast.
13 April – British East India Company ship Princess Louisa is wrecked off the coast of Maio Island in the Cape Verde Islands, killing 49 of her 179 crew.
16 June (27 June New Style ) – War of the Austrian Succession : The Battle of Dettingen is fought in Bavaria . King George II leads the troops of Britain and Brunswick to victory over the French – the last time a reigning British monarch participates in a battle. The Prime Minister, Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington , is also present, observing from a carriage. George Frideric Handel writes the oratorio Dettingen Te Deum [ 3]
13 July – all 276 people on board the Dutch East India Company ship Hollandia Annet, Isles of Scilly .
20 July – Lord Anson captures the Philippine galleon Nuestra Señora de Covadonga and its treasure of 1,313,843 Spanish dollars at Manila .[ 4]
27 August – Henry Pelham becomes Prime Minister , following the death of Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, on 2 July.[ 5] [ 6]
13 September – Treaty of Worms signed between Great Britain, the Holy Roman Emperor and the Kingdom of Sardinia .
25 October – France and Spain form the Alliance of Fontainebleau with the aim of recapturing Gibraltar from Britain.[ 3]
11 December – Princess Louise , the King's daughter, marries Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark and Norway .[ 7]
Undated
Publications
Births
Deaths
4 April – Daniel Neal , English historian (born 1678)
23 May – Thomas Archer , baroque architect (born 1668)
2 July – Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington , Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1674)[ 11]
1 August – Richard Savage , writer (born c. 1697)
5 August – John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey , English statesman and writer (born 1696)
23 August – Mary Edwards , heiress (born 1705)
4 October – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll , Scottish soldier (born 1678)
5 October – Henry Carey , poet, dramatist and songwriter, suicide (born 1687)
See also
References
^ Bryant, Christopher (2014). Parliament: The Biography ISBN 978-0-85752-224-5 ^ "History of Henry Pelham - GOV.UK" . www.gov.uk . Retrieved 19 June 2023 .^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History ISBN 0-304-35730-8 ^ Mourelle, Francisco Antonio (1920). Voyage of the Sonora in the Second Bucareli Expedition . T. C. Russell. p. 108. ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History . London: Century Ltd. pp. 217–218. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2 ^ "PMs in History, Henry Pelham" . Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2007 .^ Beatty, Michael A. (2003). The English Royal Family of America, from Jamestown to the American Revolution . Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 164. ISBN 0786415584 ^ The Hutchinson Factfinder . Helicon. 1999. ISBN 1-85986-000-1 ^ "The Wolf in Scotland" . ElectricScotland. Retrieved 16 July 2010 .^ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature ISBN 0-19-860634-6 ^ "Spencer Compton, earl of Wilmington | English noble" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 1 September 2021 .
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