1731 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1731 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig
[edit] Events
- 1 January - First edition of The Gentleman's Magazine published by Edward Cave.[1]
- March 16 - Treaty of Vienna signed between the Holy Roman Empire, Great Britain, the Dutch Republic and Spain.[2]
[edit] Undated
- Trader Robert Jenkins has his ear cut off by Spanish coast guards in Cuba leading to the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739.[3]
- William Hogarth produces his A Harlot's Progress series of paintings.[3]
[edit] Births
- February - Charles Churchill, poet (died 1764)
- 8 May - Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London and abolitionist (died 1809)
- 10 October - Henry Cavendish, scientist (died 1810)
- 15 November - William Cowper, poet (died 1800)
- 12 December - Erasmus Darwin, scientist and grandfather of Charles Darwin (died 1802)
- date unknown - William Aiton, botanist (died 1793)
[edit] Deaths
- 24 April - Daniel Defoe, writer (born 1660)
- 29 December - Brook Taylor, mathematician (born 1685)
[edit] References
- ^ Joel Munsell (1858). The Every Day Book of History and Chronology. D. Appleton & co.
- ^ William L. R. Cates (1863). The Pocket Date Book. Chapman and Hall.
- ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 303. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
[edit] See also
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