1738 in Great Britain

1738 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1738 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

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

Events

* 28 March - Robert Jenkins presents his pickled ear to Parliament stirring up war fever against Spain leading to the War of Jenkins' Ear the following year.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=306-307]
* 15 April - Premiere in London of "Serse", an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel.
* 24 May - John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day."1738." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 14 Jun, 2007 ]

Undated

* William Champion patents a process to distill zinc from calamine using charcoal in a smelter.
* The Fetter Lane Society founded by Moravians in London.

Births

* 14 April - William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1809)
* 26 April - Henry Clinton, officer (died 1795)
* 4 June (New Style, 24 May Old Style) - King George III of the United Kingdom (died 1820)
* 11 October - Arthur Phillip, admiral and Governor of New South Wales (died 1814)
* 15 November - William Herschel, German-born British astronomer (died 1822)
* 31 December - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, general (died 1805)

Deaths

* 1 May - Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (born c. 1669)
* 21 June - Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English politician (born 1674)
* 22 December - Constantia Jones, prostitute (executed) (born c. 1708)

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