Heister, Laurence. A General System of Surgery. W. Innys, 1743.
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1743: Laurence Heister advised in his A General...
1743
advised in his A General System of Surgery on how to deal with the pain and fear of women facing mastectomy (with, of course, no anaesthetics).
Charlotte Charke: From 1 February 1743
Women writers item
Author event in Charlotte Charke
From 1 February 1743
advertised her puppet showTit for Tat at James Street, London.
9 February 1743: Leading trade publisher Thomas Cooper died,...
Writing climate item
9 February 1743
Leading trade publisher
died, after which his business was taken over by his widow,
.
Eliza Haywood: 10 February 1743
Women writers item
Author event in Eliza Haywood
10 February 1743
The anonymous Memoirs of an Unfortunate Young appeared; it was first ascribed to
by her bibliographer
. Dealing with the notorious Annesley case, it became one of her great hits.
March 1743: Robert Blair published his didactic poem...
Writing climate item
March 1743
published his didactic poem of death-inflected sensibility entitled The Grave.
Mary Chandler: 12 March 1743
Women writers item
Author event in Mary Chandler
12 March 1743
was reported as reading aloud from a poem in progress, On the Being and Attributes of God.
Hannah Cowley: 14 March 1743
Women writers item
Author event in Hannah Cowley
14 March 1743
Hannah Parkhouse (later
) was born at Tiverton in Devon.
26 March 1743: Anne Smythies née Summers of Lavenham in...
26 March 1743
of Lavenham in Suffolk (cousin by marriage of the novelist
) received from the Bishop of Norwich a licence to practise publicly in curing scrofula or the King's Evil.
April 1743: Henry Fielding published Miscellanies: the...
Writing climate item
April 1743
published Miscellanies: the third volume contained The History of the Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild.
Jane Squire: 4 April 1743
Women writers item
Sarah Fielding: 12 April 1743
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Author event in Sarah Fielding
12 April 1743
published a fantasy-fiction, A Journey from This World to the Next, whose last chapter,
's account of her life, is probably by
.
Elizabeth Montagu: 11 May 1743
Women writers item
Author event in Elizabeth Montagu
11 May 1743
's first and only child (John, called Punch) was born. He was breast-fed by a wet-nurse.
Frances Sheridan: Later 1743
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Author event in Frances Sheridan
Later 1743
The young Frances Chamberlaine (later
) wrote a satirical poem, The Owls, about a feud of the moment in the Dublin theatrical establishment, supporting the manager,
, her future husband.
Mary Delany: 9 June 1743
Women writers item
Author event in Mary Delany
9 June 1743
The upper-class, forty-three-year-old widow
defied family disapproval to marry Dr
, a high-ranking churchman whose father had been a servant; she called him D. D.
Jane Squire: 11 June 1743
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Author event in Jane Squire
11 June 1743
Scholar
wrote to
(then working on his collection of women's lives) about the work of
: he believed her longitude method to be feasible. He mentioned only obliquely that she...
Elizabeth Boyd: Probably late June 1743
Women writers item
Author event in Elizabeth Boyd
Probably late June 1743
published an anonymous pamphlet containing her two poems on
's victory at the battle of Dettingen on 16 June.
16 June 1743: George II, against advice, led the British...
National or international item
16 June 1743
, against advice, led the British troops in person at the battle of Dettingen.
This date was 27 June 1743 New Style.
Anna Letitia Barbauld: 20 June 1743
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Author event in Anna Letitia Barbauld
20 June 1743
Anna Aikin (later
) was born the elder of two children at The Old House (33 Main Street), Kibworth Harcourt, near Kibworth in Leicestershire.
It may be that her birth was on...
20 June 1743: Mary Bird, member of an early Methodist group,...
20 June 1743
, member of an early
group, became one of the movement's martyrs when she was killed by a blow on the head with a stone. She had received threats of violence before...
Eliza Haywood: About 21 June 1743
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Author event in Eliza Haywood
About 21 June 1743
found a new genre to publish in (anonymously), the conduct-book geared to the lower classes: A Present for a Servant-Maid.
Catharine Trotter: August 1743
Women writers item
Author event in Catharine Trotter
August 1743
Remarks upon Some Writers in the Controversy Concerning the Foundation of Moral Duty and Moral Obligation, by Catharine Cockburn (formerly
), appeared in The History of the Works of the Learned.
27 August 1743: Henry Pelham (a Whig) became Prime Minister...
National or international item
27 August 1743
(a Whig) became Prime Minister in succession to
.
15 September 1743: The Champion, an Opposition periodical previously...
Writing climate item
15 September 1743
The Champion, an Opposition periodical previously written by
and
, ceased publication.
By 18 October 1743: The hawker Frances Carver (Blind Fanny) was...
Writing climate item
By 18 October 1743
The hawker
(Blind Fanny) was imprisoned in
for selling newspapers without the government stamp.
Alexander Pope: 30 October 1743
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Author event in Alexander Pope
30 October 1743
published The Dunciad in Four Books (the three original books radically revised, plus the recently issued fourth book).