1743
| Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
| Decades: | 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s |
| Years: | 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 |
| 1743 in topic: |
| Arts |
| Archaeology - Architecture - Art - Literature - Music |
| Other topics |
| Canada - Mexico - Science |
| Lists of leaders |
| Colonial governors - State leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Works category |
| Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1743 MDCCXLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2496 |
| Armenian calendar | 1192 ԹՎ ՌՃՂԲ |
| Chinese calendar | 4379/4439-12-6 (壬戌年十二月初六日) — to — 4380/4440-11-16(癸亥年十一月十六日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1735 – 1736 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5503 – 5504 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1798 – 1799 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1665 – 1666 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4844 – 4845 |
| Iranian calendar | 1121 – 1122 |
| Islamic calendar | 1156 – 1157 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2286 |
Contents |
Events
- February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister
- February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, Samson.
- September 13 - Treaty of Worms (1743) - a treaty between Great Britain, Austria and Sardinia
- Battle of Dettingen
Ongoing events
Births
- January 25 - Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher (died 1819)
- February 13 - Sir Joseph Banks, British naturalist and botanist (died 1820)
- February 19 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (died 1805)
- February 23 - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (died 1812)
- March 4 - Johann David Wyss, Swiss author (died 1818)
- April 1 - Richard Butler (general) American soldier (died 1793)
- April 13 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (died 1826)
- May 17 - Seth Warner American revolutionary hero (died 1784)
- August 26 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (died 1794)
- September 11 - Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, Danish painter (died 1809)
- September 17 - Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician, philosopher, and political scientist (died 1794)
- December 23 - Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (died 1803)
- José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, Spanish viceroy of Peru (died 1821)
- Károly Hadaly, Hungarian mathematician (died 1834)
Deaths
- January 3 - Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (born 1657)
- January 29 - Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, chief minister of France under Louis XV (born 1653)
- January 29 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (born 1658)
- February 18 - Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (born 1667)
- April 4 - Daniel Neal, English historian (born 1678)
- July 2 - Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, second Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- August 5 - John Hervey, Lord Hervey, English statesman and writer (born 1696)
- September 14 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter (born 1690)
- September 21 - Jai Singh II, King of Amber-Juiper, India (born 1688)
- October 4 - John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (born 1678)
- December 27 - Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (born 1659)
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