1754 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1754 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Whig (to 6 March), Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Whig

Events

* 28 January - Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word "serendipity".
* 6 March - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne becomes Prime Minister following the death of his brother Henry Pelham.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=317]
* May - General election increases the Whig Party's majority.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 220-221|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]

Undated

* The The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is founded in Scotland, and formally writes down the rules of golf for the first time.

Publications

* David Hume's "The History of Great Britain".
* Thomas Chippendale's "The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director". [cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1750-1800|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1750-1800|accessdate=2007-08-24]
* Posthumous publication of Isaac Newton's dissertation "An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture".

Births

* 11 July - Thomas Bowdler, physician (died 1825)
* 21 August - William Murdoch, inventor (died 1839)
* 9 September - William Bligh, sailor (died 1817)
* 24 December - George Crabbe, poet (died 1832)

Deaths

* 10 January - Edward Cave, editor and publisher (born 1691)
* 16 February - Richard Mead, physician (born 1673)
* 6 March - Henry Pelham, Prime Minister (born 1696)
* 2 April - Thomas Carte, historian (born 1686)
* 23 May - John Wood, the Elder, architect (born 1704)
* 2 June - Ebenezer Erskine, religious dissenter (born 1680)
* 8 October - Henry Fielding, novelist (born 1707)

References

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