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Joseph Butler was born in Wantage, Berkshire, England.

In 1736 he was made the head chaplain of King George II's wife Caroline. In 1738 he was made bishop of Bristol. He declined an offer to become the archbishop of Canterbury in 1747. He became Bishop of Durham in 1750Events March 2 Small earthquake in London April 4 Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway i.

He is most famous for his "Sermons on Human Nature" ( 1726Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. Jonathan Swift publishes Gulliver's Travels. The city of Montevideo was established. Mary Toft allegedly gives birth to 16 rabbits in England, later revealed to be a hoax. The Gujin tushu jicheng,) and "Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed" ( 1736).

Butler died in 1752 in BathFor alternate meanings see Bath (disambiguation Palladian Pulteney Bridge and the weir at Bath Bath is a city in south-west England, most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. The city was first recorded as a Roman spa, though verbal tradition su, SomersetThis page is about the county of Somerset in the United Kingdom. For other meanings of Somerset, see Somerset (disambiguation). Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. Somerset adjoins Gloucestershire to the north east, Wiltshire to the east, D.

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