1743

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Years: 1740 1741 1742 - 1743 - 1744 1745 1746
Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1743 in art 1743 in literature 1743 in music 1743 in science List of state leaders in 1743 List of religious leaders in 1743

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Ongoing events
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes Prime Minister of England
February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, Samson.
Battle of Dettingen

Ongoing events

War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)

Births

February 13 - Sir Joseph Banks, British naturalist and botanist
February 19 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian classical music performer
February 23 - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, banker (+ 1812)
March 4 - Johann David Wyss, Swiss author, (+ 1818)
April 13 - Thomas Jefferson, later 3rd President of the United States(+ 1826).
August 26 - Antoine Lavoisier (French chemist aka father of modern chemistry)
September 17 - Marquis de Condorcet, mathematician, philosopher, and political scientist

Deaths

January 29 - Cardinal AndrÃÂ©-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of FrÃÂ©jus, chief minister of France under Louis XV