1731

Events

• 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdom's Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in.

Births

• May 8 - Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London, abolitionist (died 1809)
• June 21 - Martha Washington
• October 10 - Henry Cavendish, English scientist (died 1810)
• November 9 -Benjamin Banneker, surveyor of the District of Columbia (died 1806)
• November 26 - William Cowper, English poet (died 1800)
• December 12 - Erasmus Darwin, English scientist and grandfather of Charles Darwin (died 1802)
• Charles Churchill, English satirical poet (died 1764)

Deaths

• April 24 - Daniel Defoe, writer (born 1660)
• December 29 - Brook Taylor, mathematician

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