1750 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1750 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Whig

Events

* 8 February - an earthquake is felt in London.cite web|url=http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm|title=Historical Earthquakes Listing|accessdate=2008-05-23]
* 8 March - a second more powerful earthquake is felt in London.
* November - Westminster Bridge is officially opened. [cite book |title=The London Encyclopaedia|author=Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert|publisher= Macmillan|year= 1995|isbn =0-333-57688-8|pages=976]

Undated

* Parliament passes the Iron Act restricting manufacture of iron products in the American colonies.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=313–314]
* Establishment of the Jockey Club.
* John Canton reads a paper before the Royal Society on a method of making artificial magnets.
* Samuel Johnson begins publication of the periodical "The Rambler".

Births

* 18 February - David Bogue, nonconformist leader (died 1825)
* 2 May - John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (died 1780)
* 26 September - Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, admiral (died 1810)

Deaths

* 8 February - Aaron Hill, writer (born 1685)
* 3 May - John Willison, minister and writer (born 1680)

References

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