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1743
| Years: 1740 1741 1742 - 1743 - 1744 1745 1746 | |
| Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century | |
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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
- February 13 - Sir Joseph Banks, British naturalist and botanist
- February 19 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian classical music performer (d. 1805)
- February 23 - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (d. 1812)
- March 4 - Johann David Wyss, Swiss author (d. 1818)
- April 13 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)
- May 17 - Seth Warner American revolutionary hero
- August 26 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist
- September 11 - Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, Danish painter
- September 17 - Marquis de Condorcet, mathematician, philosopher, and political scientist
- José Fernando de Abascal , Spanish viceroy of Peru
Deaths
- January 29 - Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, chief minister of France under Louis XV
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