1733       

26th. May Saturday
The fly shuttle for the handloom weaver invented by John Kay, of Bury. May 26.(7)

1733
Rev. John Wesley visited Manchester in May to see the Rev. Mr. Clayton. He was in the town again in June, and, on the 3rd, preached at the Old Church, Salford Chapel, and St. Ann’s Church.(7)

1733
Henry Gore died. He was a native of Manchester, had some reputation as a mathematician, and was the author of The Elements of Sound Geometry.(7)