Editing 1743 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 3]] &ndash; As a concession to Russia, [[Sweden]]'s parliament ratifies the election of [[Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden|Adolphus Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp]], a great-grandson of [[Charles XI of Sweden|King Charles XI]], to be heir to the throne of Sweden.  Adolphus becomes king on the death of [[Frederick I of Sweden|King Frederick]] on April 5, 1751, marking the end of the [[House of Hesse-Kassel|Hesse-Kassel dynasty]] and the start of the dynasty of the [[House of Holstein-Gottorp (Swedish line)|Holstein-Gottorp]] that will rule Sweden from 1751 to 1818  <ref>"Adolphus Frederick of Holstein-Entin'', in ''The American Cyclopedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge", ed. by George Ripley and Charles A. Dana (D. Appleton and Company, 1873) p129</ref>
* [[July 13]] &ndash; All 276 people on board the Dutch East India Company ship [[Hollandia (1742 ship)|''Hollandia'']] drown after the ship strikes a rock off of the [[Isles of Scilly]] in England near [[Cornwall]]. The wreckage is located in 1971.
* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[George Anson, 1st Baron Anson|Lord Anson]] captures the Philippine [[galleon]] ''Nuestra Señora de Covadonga'' and its treasure of 1,313,843 [[Spanish dollar]]s at [[Manila]] along with a treasure of 2 1/2 million dollars, and proceeds back toward [[Mexico]], then returns to Britain in 1744  <ref>Francisco Antonio Mourelle, ''Voyage of the Sonora in the Second Bucareli Expedition'', translated by Daines Barrington (T.C. Russell, 1920) p108</ref>
* [[July 23]] &ndash; [[James Oglethorpe]] departs from Georgia to England and returns there in September.<ref>"James Oglethorpe", by Dr. Walter H. Charlton, in ''The American Monthly Magazine'' (June 1911) p294</ref>
* [[July 28]] &ndash; France and the Allies of Britain conclude a treaty to provide care for each other's wounded.<ref>Bernard D. Rostker, ''Providing for the Casualties of War: The American Experience Through World War II'' (Rand Corporation, 2013) p46</ref>
* [[July 31]] &ndash; At a summit in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]], the British colonies of [[Virginia]], [[Maryland]] and [[Pennsylvania]] conclude a treaty with the [[Iroquois Confederacy|Six Nations]], conceding that the member tribes are entitled to the territory west of the Appalachian mountains and north of the Ohio River.<ref>Charles C. Royce, ''Indian Land Cessions of the United States'', (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1899) p569</ref>  
* [[August 18]]  (August 7 [[Old Style]]) &ndash; [[Russian Empire|Russia]] and [[Sweden]] sign the [[Treaty of Åbo]].
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[The War of the Hats]]: The [[Swedish army]] surrendered to the [[Russians]] in [[Helsinki]], ending the war and starting ''Lesser Wrath''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mattila |first1=Tapani |title=Meri maamme turvana |trans-title=Sea safeguarding our country |year=1983 |publisher=K. J. Gummerus Osakeyhtiö |location=Jyväskylä |language=Finnish |isbn=951-99487-0-8 }}</ref>
* [[August 27]] &ndash; [[Henry Pelham]] becomes [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] of [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]].
* [[September 11]] &ndash; Russian noble [[Natalia Lopukhina]] is flogged in front of the [[Twelve Collegia]] building in [[Saint Petersburg]], bringing a conclusion to the "Lopukhina Affair" plotted by France and the [[Duchy of Holstein]].
* [[September 13]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Worms (1743)|Treaty of Worms]] is signed between Great Britain, Austria and [[Sardinia]].