1733 in Great Britain

Great Britain-related events during the year of 1733
1733 in Great Britain:
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1733 English cricket season

Events from the year 1733 in Great Britain.

Incumbents

Events

  • 23 January – first performance of George Frideric Handel's opera Orlando, at the His Majesty's Theatre in London.[2]
  • 12 February – British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia.[2]
  • 25 March – English replaces Latin and Law French as the official language of English and Scottish courts on coming into effect of the Proceedings in Courts of Justice Act 1730.
  • 6 April – after Prime Minister Robert Walpole's proposed excise tax bill to replace tariffs on wine and tobacco results in rioting over the imposition of additional taxes and the use of government agents to collect them, Walpole informs the House of Commons that he will withdraw the legislation.[3][4]
  • 17 May – the Molasses Act becomes law: intended to regulate the colonial molasses trade in favour of the British West Indies, it causes resentment in British North America.[5][6]
  • 26 May – John Kay patents the flying shuttle.[2]
  • 7 November – France and Spain sign the treaty of Escurial and form an alliance against Britain.[2]
  • Undated – with an average Central England temperature of 10.50 °C or 50.90 °F, this is the hottest calendar year for which reliable records exist until being exceeded in 1834.

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See also

References

  1. ^ "History of Sir Robert Walpole - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 303–304. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  3. ^ "British History Timeline". BBC History. Archived from the original on 2007-09-09. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  4. ^ Burg, David F. (2004). A World History of Tax Rebellions: An Encyclopedia of Tax Rebels, Revolts and Riots from Antiquity to the Present. Taylor & Francis.
  5. ^ Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1733". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale – via eNotes.com.
  6. ^ Shumate, Ken (2019). "The Molasses Act: A Brief History". Journal of the American Revolution.