Page 2: Historical Events In 1743

Aug 01   Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46.   

Aug 10   Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated.   

Aug 14   Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War   

Aug 16   Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton).   

Aug 17   Sweden and Russia sign peace treaty.   

Aug 19   Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, last mistress of Louis XV   

Aug 26   Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen)   

Sep 02   England/Austria/Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms   

Sep 13   England, Austria and Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms.   

Sep 14   Johann Michael Muller, composer, dies at 59   

Sep 17   Jean-Marie Caritat, France, mathematician.   

Sep 30   Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer   

Oct 04   John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal, dies at 64   

Oct 05   Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer   

Nov 05   Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, composer, dies at 44.   

Nov 05   Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury were organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle   

Dec 01   Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium)   

Dec 06   Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer   

Dec 29   Alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer.   

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Jan 20   Pascal boyer: Composer   

Jan 21   John fitch: Inventor (had a working steamboat years before fulton)   

Feb 13   Joseph banks: English botanist and naturalist    

Feb 18   Count alessandro volta: Como italy, physicist   

Feb 19   [ridolfo] luigi boccherini: Italian composer, cellist (minuet)   

Feb 23   Mayer amschel rothschild: German-born banker   

Mar 08   Bendix friedrich zinck: Composer   

Apr 13   Thomas jefferson: Virginia, (d-r) 3rd president of the united states (1801-09)   

Jan 03   Ferdinando galli-bibiena: Italian architect and designer (b. 1657)   

Jan 29   Andre hercule fleury: French cardinal (1726-43),   

Feb 01   Giuseppe ottavio pitoni: Italian composer,    

Feb 07   Lodovico giustini: Composer,    

Feb 18   Anna maria luisa de' medici: Last of the medicis (b. 1667)   

Mar 22   Jean-baptiste lully: Ital/fr composer (forced marriage),   

Apr 04   Daniel neal: English historian (b. 1678)   

Apr 16   Cornelis van bijnkershoek: Dutch lawyer (roman law),