Permanent year factsheet

Great Britain in 1736

Historical records for Great Britain in 1736, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

3Records
3Events
3Named people
1Places
3Categories

Historical records

January

19 January 1736Birth of James WattJames Watt

Greenock · Science / Technology

Birth of James Watt

April

April 1736Maiden SpeechWilliam Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st

Government / Whig Party Government

Pitt delivers his maiden speech in the Commons on the congratulatory address to George II on the marriage of his son Frederick, Prince of Wales. Pitt pays his compliments

Other Events

1736Birth of John Horne TookeJohn Horne Tooke

Politics / London Corr Society

Birth of John Horne Tooke

Names involved

James WattJohn Horne TookeWilliam Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st

Places involved

Greenock

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.