1735 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1735 in Great Britain.
Incumbents
- Monarch â George II
- Regent â Caroline, Queen Consort (starting 17 May, until 26 October)[1]
- Prime Minister â Robert Walpole (Whig)[2]
Events
- 2 January â Alexander Pope's poem Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot is published in London.[3]
- 8 January â premiere of George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London.[4]
- 16 April â London premiere of Alcina by Handel, his first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House.[5]
- 20 April â religious conversion of Howell Harris at Talgarth church, marking a beginning of the Welsh Methodist revival.[6]
- 10 May â Charles Macklin unintentionally kills fellow actor Thomas Hallam after a dispute during a performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. He is later tried and convicted of manslaughter.
- 22 May â George Hadley publishes the first explanation of the trade winds.[7]
- 25 June â Engraving Copyright Act ('Hogarth's Act') takes effect on being given royal assent, the first of a series of copyright protection laws, to protect original engravings against unauthorized copies.[4][8]
- 22 September â Robert Walpole moves into 10 Downing Street.[9]
- 14 October â John Wesley and his brother Charles set sail from England for Savannah in the Province of Georgia in British America; on the voyage they first encounter members of the Moravian Church.
- 6 December â the second successful appendectomy is performed by naturalised French-born surgeon Claudius Aymand at St George's Hospital in London (the first was in 1731).[10]
Undated
- William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress series of paintings are published as engraved prints in London.[5]
- Unscrupulous London publisher Edmund Curll produces Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons containing forgeries.
- 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.
Births
- 8 January â John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, Royal Navy admiral (died 1823)
- 22 February â Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, politician (died 1806)
- 25 February (bapt.) â William Speechly, horticulturalist (died 1819)
- 10 April (bapt.) â Button Gwinnett, 2nd Governor of Georgia (died 1777)
- 8 May â Nathaniel Dance, portrait painter and politician (died 1811)
- 7 September â Thomas Coutts, banker (died 1822)
- 20 September â James Keir, Scottish-born geologist, chemist and industrialist (died 1820)
- 28 September â Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister (died 1811)[11]
- 21 October â Richard Gough, antiquary (died 1809)
- 10 November â Granville Sharp, abolitionist (died 1813)
- 14 November â John Howie, Scottish biographer (died 1793)
- 29 December â Thomas Banks, sculptor and artist (died 1805)
Undated
- John Barrow, Catholic priest (died 1811)
- Lumpy Stevens, cricketer (died 1819)
Deaths
- 12 January â John Eccles, composer (born 1668)
- 27 February â John Arbuthnot, physician and author (born 1667)
- 29 March â Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe, politician and colonial administrator (born 1700)
- 5 April â William Derham, minister and writer (born 1657)
- 25 April â Samuel Wesley, poet and religious leader (born 1662)
- 10 June â Thomas Hearne, antiquarian (born 1678)
- 14 December â Thomas Tanner, bishop and antiquarian (born 1674)