1743
| Years: 1740 1741 1742 – 1743 – 1744 1745 1746 | |
| Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s – 1740s – 1750s 1760s 1770s | |
| Centuries: 17th century – 18th century – 19th century 1743 in topic: Lists of leaders: | |
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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 (d. 1819)
- February 13 – Sir Joseph Banks, British naturalist and botanist (d. 1820)
- February 19 – Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (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 (d. 1784)
- August 26 – Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (d. 1794)
- September 11 – Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, Danish painter (d. 1809)
- September 17 – Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician, philosopher, and political scientist (d. 1794)
- 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 (b. 1653)
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