Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1733
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Literature
- Samuel Johnson lives in Birmingham; translates Father Lobo's Voyage
to Abyssinia
- Alexander Pope, Essay on Man
- Alexander Pope begins publishing his Imitations of Horace
- Samuel Richardson, The Apprentice's Vade Mecum
- Laurence Sterne goes to Cambridge
Theatre
- Charles Macklin debuts at Drury Lane as "Brazen" in Farquhuar's
Recruiting Officer
Art
Music
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Orlando
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Deborah
Science, Technology, & Medicine
Politics & Law
- The Excise crisis; Robert Walpole is forced to withdraw the
Excise bill
- Chesterfield's opposition to the Excise Bill leads to his
dismissal as Lord Steward
- The Molasses Act imposes high taxes on suar, molasses, and
rum imported from non-British islands in the Caribbean
- War of Polish Succession (through 1735)
- France and Spain enter into the Treaty of the Escorial
against Britain
Philosophy & Theology
- John Wesley preaches "The Circumcision of the Heart" at Oxford
Milestones
- Death of Couperin, composer
- Birth of Johann Zoffany, painter
Miscellaneous
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