1733 in Great Britain

1733 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1733 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig

Events

* 23 January - First performance of George Frideric Handel's opera "Orlando" in London.citebook|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=303–304]
* 12 February - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia.
* 26 May - John Kay patents the flying shuttle.
* 7 November - France and Spain sign the treaty of Escurial and form an alliance against Britain.

Undated

* The Sugar and Molasses Act is passed by Parliament to tax British colonists in North America. ["1733." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 13 Jun, 2007]
* Robert Walpole's unpopular plan to introduce an excise to replace tariffs on wine and tobacco rocks his government. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml|title=BBC History British History Timeline|accessdate=2007-09-03]

Births

* 13 February - Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Chancellor (died 1805)
* 13 March - Joseph Priestley, scientist and minister (died 1804)
* 27 July - Jeremiah Dixon, surveyor and astronomer (died 1779)

Deaths

* 25 January - Gilbert Heathcote, Mayor of London (born 1652)
* 27 January - Thomas Woolston, theologian (born 1668)
* 19 April - Elizabeth Villiers, mistress of William III of England (born 1657)
* 10 May - Barton Booth, actor (born 1681)
* 16 August - Matthew Tindal, deist (born 1657)

References

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