1743

Events

   * February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes Prime Minister of England
   * 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 AndrŽ-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of FrŽjus, 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)
   * 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)

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