1731 in Great Britain

1731 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1731 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig

Events

* 1 January - First edition of "The Gentleman's Magazine" published by Edward Cave. [cite book|title=The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|publisher=D. Appleton & co|author=Joel Munsell|year=1858]
* March 16 - Treaty of Vienna signed between the Holy Roman Empire, Great Britain, the Dutch Republic and Spain.cite book|title=The Pocket Date Book|publisher=Chapman and Hall|author=William L. R. Cates|year=1863]

Undated

* Trader Robert Jenkins has his ear cut off by Spanish coast guards in Cuba leading to the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739.citebook|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=303]
* William Hogarth produces his "A Harlot's Progress" series of paintings.

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)

Deaths

* 24 April - Daniel Defoe, writer (born 1660)
* 29 December - Brook Taylor, mathematician (born 1685)

References

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