Page 2: Historical Events In 1743

Aug 01   Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 on this day in history.   

Aug 10   Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated on this day in history.   

Aug 14   Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War in the year 1743.   

Aug 16   Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton) on this day in history.   

Aug 17   In the year 1743 sweden & Russia sign peace treaty   

Aug 19   Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, last mistress of Louis XV on this day in history.   

Aug 26   On this day in history antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen)   

Sep 02   England/Austria/Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms in the year 1743.   

Sep 13   England, Austria & Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms in the year 1743.   

Sep 14   In the year 1743 johann Michael Muller, composer, dies at 59   

Sep 17   On this day in history jean-Marie Caritat, France, mathematician   

Sep 30   In the year 1743 jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer   

Oct 04   John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Oct 05   Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer in the year 1743.   

Nov 05   On this day in history andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, composer, dies at 44   

Nov 05   On this day in history coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury were organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle.   

Dec 01   In the year 1743 martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium)   

Dec 06   In the year 1743 franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer   

Dec 29   Alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer in the year 1743.   

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Jan 20   Pascal Boyer, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 21   John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born in the year 1743.   

Feb 13   In the year 1743 birth of joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist (d. 1820)   

Feb 18   On this day in history birth of count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist   

Feb 19   On this day in history birth of [Ridolfo] Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer, cellist (Minuet)   

Feb 23   In the year 1743 birth of mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (d. 1812)   

Mar 08   In the year 1743 birth of bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer   

Apr 13   Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, (D-R) 3rd President of the United States (1801-09) (d. 1826) was born in the year 1743.   

Jan 03   Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and designer (b. 1657) died on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Andre Hercule Fleury, French cardinal (1726-43), dies on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85 in the year 1743.   

Feb 07   On this day in history lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57   

Feb 18   Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667) died on this day in history.   

Mar 22   On this day in history jean-Baptiste Lully, Ital/Fr composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77   

Apr 04   In the year 1743 death of daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678)   

Apr 16   In the year 1743 cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69