1733 in Great Britain

1733 in Great Britain:
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Events from the year 1733 in Great Britain.

Incumbents

Events

Undated

  • The Sugar and Molasses Act is passed by Parliament to tax British colonists in North America.[2]
  • Robert Walpole's unpopular plan to introduce an excise to replace tariffs on wine and tobacco rocks his government.[3]
  • With an average Central England temperature of 10.50 °C or 50.90 °F, this is the hottest calendar year for which reliable records exist until being shaded in 1834.

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 303–304. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  2. "1733." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 13 Jun, 2007
  3. "BBC History British History Timeline". Archived from the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-03.

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