Timeline September 1743

Events in September 1743 4

• 1688 – 1743 Jai Singh II (1688-1743) Died 21 September 1743, aged 54 Sawai Jai Singh II was the Maharaja of Amber and founder of the city of Jaipur in 1727. An accomplished astronomer, he built five Jantar Mantar observatories across northern India to improve astronomical tables and calendars.
• 1690 – 1743 Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743) Died 14 September 1743, aged 53 Nicolas Lancret was a French Rococo painter known for his fetes galantes depicting elegant figures at leisure in idealized outdoor settings. He was a contemporary and rival of Antoine Watteau and achieved considerable success at the French court.
• 1743 Treaty of Worms signed Britain, Austria and Sardinia-Piedmont form an alliance Great Britain, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, and King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia signed a treaty at Worms binding them against the Bourbon powers in the War of the Austrian Succession. Britain agreed to subsidize its new allies against France and Spain.
• 1743 – 1794 Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794) Died 29 March 1794, aged 50 French philosopher, mathematician, and politician who championed educational reform, women's rights, and constitutional government during the Revolution. Condemned as an enemy of the Revolution, he went into hiding before being arrested. He was found dead in his prison cell at Bourg-la-Reine under disputed circumstances.