Handel composes Zadok the Priest for the crowning of George II, and it has been sung at every subsequent British coronation

Queen Caroline leases 'the Dutch House' while her husband, George II, is extending Richmond Gardens.

The building of Marble Hill House is completed. The house is designed in the Palladian style and built under the supervision of Roger Morris. The grounds are laid out by Charles Bridgeman.

Lady Kneller dies and Kneller Hall passes to Sir Godfrey Kneller's grandson.

John and Charles Wesley form a Holy Club at Oxford which becomes the cradle of Methodism

Frederick, Prince of Wales, buys Kew Park, which with 19 acres is the only large estate in Kew not yet bought or leased by his parents.

English maker of telescopes John Hadley designs the instrument which evolves into the standard sextant used at sea

Frederick Prince of Wales takes a lease of a house at the west end of Kew Green opposite Kew Palace and instructs William Kent to remodel it. It becomes known as the White House.

With the performance of Esther Handel taps a rich new vein, the English oratorio

John Kay, working in the Lancashire woollen industry, patents the flying shuttle to speed up weaving

Pope adds a portico to Pope's Villa to the design of William Kent.

Prince Frederick spends nearly £1000 on trees and shrubs, acquired from the local nurseryman Richard Butt for his estate in Kew

A Palladian villa designed by Roger Morris is built in the eastern quarter of Whitton Park, and this new house becomes known as Whitton Place.

Prince Frederick marries Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and together they develop an increasing interest in botany and their gardens in Kew

John Christopher builds the ‘Star and Garter’ tavern at the top of Petersham Common

Britain declares war on Spain, partly in a mood of indignation over Captain Jenkins' ear

David Hume publishes his Treatise of Human Nature, in which he applies to the human mind the principles of experimental science

Jack Broughton, champion of England, opens an academy to teach 'the mystery of boxing, that wholly British art'

John Robartes extends and remodels Radnor House in the gothic style.

Grove House is built in Ham Street, Ham

Edmond Hoyle publishes the definitive rules of whist

Charity schools, one for boys and one for girls, are opened briefly on Kew Green, supported by local subscribers led by Prince Frederick

Churchwardens of St Mary's, Sir Godfrey Kneller and Thomas Vernon, raise funds and the church is rebuilt in red brick to a design of John James.

Alexander Pope is buried in St Mary's Church.

France formally declares war on Britain half way through the War of the Austrian Succession