1753 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1753 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Whig

Events

* 29 January - After a month's absence, Elizabeth Canning returns to her mother's home in London and claims that she was abducted. Following criminal trial causes uproar.
* 7 June - The British Museum is established by Act of Parliament. [cite web|url=http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/the_museum/history/general_history.aspx|title=British Museum, General History|accessdate=2007-08-01]
* July - Parliament passes the Marriage Act requiring marriages to be performed by licensed ministers and the reading of banns of marriage.
* 7 July - Parliament passes the Jewish Naturalization Act as a measure to end discrimination against Jews, but widespread opposition leads to its repeal 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=316–317]

Publications

* James Lind's "A Treatise of the Scurvy".
* David Hume's "Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects".
* Samuel Richardson's "The History of Sir Charles Grandison".

Births

* 8 March - William Roscoe, writer (died 1831)
* 27 March - Andrew Bell, educationist and priest (died 1832)
* 9 July - William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, Governor of Newfoundland (died 1825)
* 12 August - Thomas Bewick, wood engraver (died 1828)
* 10 September - John Soane, architect (died 1837)
* 22 November - Dugald Stewart, philosopher (died 1828)
* 3 December - Samuel Crompton, inventor (died 1827)
* 12 December - William Beechey, portrait-painter (died 1839)
* Edward Pigott, astronomer (died 1825)

Deaths

* 11 January - Hans Sloane, physician and collector (born 1660, Ireland)
* 14 January - George Berkeley, philosopher (born 1685, Ireland)
* 27 September - Sir John Anstruther, 1st Baronet, Scottish politician
* 15 December - Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, architect (born 1694)

References

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