1735 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1735 in Great Britain.
Incumbents
- Monarch - George II
- Prime Minister - Robert Walpole (Whig)
Events
- 8 January - Premiere of George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.[1]
- 16 April - The London premiere of Alcina by Handel, his first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House.[2]
- 22 May - George Hadley publishes the first explanation of the trade winds.[3]
- 22 September - Robert Walpole moves into 10 Downing Street.[4]
Undated
- William Hogarth produces his A Rake's Progress series of paintings.[2]
- Edmund Curll tries to publish "Mr Pope's Literary Correspondence", the stock of which is subsequently seized.
- Richard Leveridge writes a melody to Henry Fielding's The Roast Beef of Old England.
- Beau Nash appoints himself master of ceremonies at Tunbridge Wells.
- Welsh Methodist revival begins.
Births
- 8 January - John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, Royal Navy admiral (died 1823)
- 22 February - Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, politician (died 1806)
- 10 April (bapt.) - Button Gwinnett, 2nd Governor of Georgia (died 1777)
- 7 September - Thomas Coutts, banker (died 1822)
- 20 September - James Keir, Scottish-born geologist, chemist and industrialist (died 1820)
- 28 September - Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister (died 1811)
- 21 October - Richard Gough, antiquary (died 1809)
- 10 November - Granville Sharp, abolitionist (died 1813)
- 14 November - John Howie, Scottish biographer (died 1793)
- 29 December - Thomas Banks, sculptor and artist (died 1805)
Deaths
- 12 January - John Eccles, composer (born 1668)
- 27 February - John Arbuthnot, physician and author (born 1667)
- 5 April - William Derham, minister and writer (born 1657)
- 5 April - Samuel Wesley, poet and religious leader (born 1662)
- 10 June - Thomas Hearne, antiquarian (born 1678)
- 14 December - Thomas Tanner, bishop and antiquarian (born 1674)
- date unknown - Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe, politician and colonial administrator (born 1700)
References
- ^ "1735." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 13 Jun, 2007
- ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 305. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
- ^ "Icons, a portrait of England 1700-1750". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-24.