1750 in Great Britain
Events from the year 1750 in Great Britain.
Incumbents
Events
- 17 January – John Canton reads a paper in the presence of the Royal Society of London on a method of making artificial magnets.
- 8 February – an earthquake is felt in London.
- 8 March – a second more powerful earthquake is felt in London.
- 20 March – Samuel Johnson begins publication of the periodical The Rambler.
- 11 April – Jack Slack defeats Jack Broughton to become bare-knuckle boxing Champion of England
- 24 June – Iron Act, passed by Parliament, comes into effect, restricting manufacture of iron products in the American colonies.
- 5 October – Treaty of Madrid, a commercial treaty with Spain, is signed.
- 18 November – Westminster Bridge is officially opened for the general public to use, the only fixed crossing of the River Thames between London Bridge and Putney.
Undated
- Establishment of the Jockey Club and the Pytchley Hunt.
- Thomas Gainsborough's painting Mr and Mrs Andrews.
Births
- 24 January – Helen Gloag, Scottish-born slave Empress of Morocco
- 18 February – David Bogue, nonconformist leader
- April – Joanna Southcott, religious fanatic
- 2 May – John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War
- 6 June – William Morgan, actuary
- 13 June – James Burney, admiral
- 26 September – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, admiral
Deaths
- 7 February – Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, aristocrat
- 8 February – Aaron Hill, dramatist
- 29 March – James Jurin, physician and mathematician
- 7 April – George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington, general
- 28 July – Conyers Middleton, religious controversialist and classical scholar
- 8 August – Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, aristocrat, philanthropist and cricket patron
- 3 October – 'Captain' James MacLaine, gentleman highwayman
- 13 December – Philemon Ewer, shipbuilder