1743
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Years: 1740 1741 1742 - 1743 - 1744 1745 1746 |
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Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s |
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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1743 in topic: Lists of leaders: |
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Events
- February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister
- February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, Samson.
- September 13 - Treaty of Worms (1743) - a treaty between Great Britain, Austria and Sardinia
- Battle of Dettingen
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Ongoing events
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Births
- January 25 - Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher (d. 1819)
- February 13 - Sir Joseph Banks, British naturalist and botanist (d. 1820)
- February 19 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (d. 1805)
- February 23 - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (d. 1812)
- March 4 - Johann David Wyss, Swiss author (d. 1818)
- April 13 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)
- May 17 - Seth Warner American revolutionary hero (d. 1784)
- August 26 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (d. 1794)
- September 11 - Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, Danish painter (d. 1809)
- September 17 - Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician, philosopher, and political scientist (d. 1794)
- José Fernando de Abascal, Spanish viceroy of Peru
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Deaths
- January 29 - Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, chief minister of France under Louis XV (b. 1653)
- January 29 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (b. 1658)
- February 18 - Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667)
- April 4 - Daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678)
- July 2 - Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, English statesman
- August 5 - John Hervey, Lord Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)
- September 14 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter (b. 1690)
- September 21 - Jai Singh II, King of Amber-Juiper, India (b. 1688)
- October 4 - John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (b. 1678)
- December 27 - Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659)