1743

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s

Years: 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 - 1743 - 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748

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Events

• February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes Prime Minister of England
• Battle of Dettingen

Ongoing events

• War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)

Year in topics

• 1743 in art

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 André-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, chief minister of France under Louis XV

Monarchs/Presidents

• China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
• France - Louis XV King of France (reigned from 1715 to 1774)
• Great Britain - George II King of Great Britain (reigned from June 11, 1727 to October 25, 1760)
• Kingdom of Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)
• Russia - Elizabeth Empress of Russia (reigned from 1741 to January 5, 1762)
• Saxony - Frederick Augustus II Elector of Saxony (from 1733 to 1763) (also King of Poland)\n