Editing 1743 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 19]] &ndash; Louis Maria Colons, one of nine French Canadians who had attempted to colonize territory in what is now [[New Mexico]], is executed for attempting to persuade the Pueblo Indians to rise up against the Spanish colonial government.<ref>Ralph Emerson Twitchell, ''The Leading Facts of New Mexican History'', Vol. I (Torch Press, 1911, reprinted by Sunstone Press, 2007) p438</ref>
* [[October 21]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Franklin]]'s view of a [[List of 18th-century lunar eclipses|lunar eclipse]] from [[Philadelphia]] is spoiled by a rainstorm; several days later, he learns that residents of [[Boston]] received the same storm hours after the eclipse, demonstrating that weather moves from west to east.<ref>Bruce Parker, ''The Power of the Sea: Tsunamis, Storm Surges, Rogue Waves, and Our Quest to Predict Disasters'' (St. Martin's Press, 2012)</ref>
* [[October 23]] &ndash; After almost six weeks, [[Nader Shah]] of [[Persia]] lifts the siege of [[Mosul]].<ref>Martin Sicker, ''The Islamic World in Decline: From the Treaty of Karlowitz to the Disintegration of the Ottoman Empire'' (Greenwood Publishing, 2001) p63</ref>
* [[November 5]] &ndash; Coordinated scientific observations of the [[transit of Mercury]] are organized by [[Joseph-Nicolas Delisle]].
* [[December 3]] &ndash; [[Ecuador]]ian scientist [[Pedro Vicente Maldonado]] departs from Brazil in order to purchase the most state-of-the-art equipment for the [[French Geodesic Mission]]  <ref>Neil Safier, ''Measuring the New World: Enlightenment Science and South America'' (University of Chicago Press, 2008) p104</ref>
* [[December 9]] &ndash; At [[Haarlem]], Dutch astronomer [[Dirk Klinkenberg]] becomes the first to observe the [[Great Comet of 1744]].  Swiss astronomer [[Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux]] discovers it independently on December 13.  Both scientists are given credit for its discovery  <ref>David A.J. Seargent, ''The Greatest Comets in History: Broom Stars and Celestial Scimitars'' (Springer, 2008) p116</ref>
* [[December 10]] &ndash; King [[Louis XV of France]] informs King [[Philip V of Spain]] of his intent to try to restore the House of Stuart to the throne of the United Kingdom.  [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] was briefly the Crown Prince of England and Scotland until his father, [[James II of England|King James II]], was deposed in 1688 and, as Pretender to the Throne, would become King James III if the attack, planned for January 1, 1744 succeeds.<ref>Andrew Lang, ''A History of Scotland from the Roman Occupation'' (W. Blackwood and Sons, 1907) p443</ref> 
* [[December 11]] &ndash; Princess [[Louise of Great Britain]], daughter of [[George II of Great Britain|King George II]], weds [[Frederick V of Denmark|Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark and Norway]].<ref>Michael A. Beatty, ''The English Royal Family of America, from Jamestown to the American Revolution'' (McFarland, 2003) p164</ref>