1710 in Great Britain
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1710 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1710 in Great Britain.
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Incumbents
- Monarch - Queen Anne
Events
- January - Food shortages in major cities due to the harsh winter.[1]
- 27 February–21 March - Trial of Henry Sacheverell for preaching criticism of the Glorious Revolution which was considered subversive by the Whig government.[2]
- 1 March - Riots in London, in support of Sacheverell.[1]
- 10 April - The Statute of Anne , the world's first copyright legislation, became effective.[3]
- 19 April - Queen Anne meets the Four Mohawk Kings.[4]
- 16 July - War of the Spanish Succession: British victory at the Battle of Almenar.[1]
- 9 August - War of the Spanish Succession: British victory at the Battle of Saragossa.[1]
- 11 August - A Tory administration is formed with Robert Harley as Chancellor of the Exchequer following the fall of the Whig government.[2]
- 25 November - Following the general election, the fourth parliament of Queen Anne's reign is composed mainly of Tory MPs.[2]
- 8 December–9 December - War of the Spanish Succession: The British are defeated by French and Spanish troops at the Battle of Brihuega.[2]
Publications
- John Arbuthnot's paper An Argument for Divine Providence, Taken From the Constant Regularity Observ'd in the Births of Both Sexes.
Births
- 12 March - Thomas Augustine Arne, composer (died 1778)
- 15 April - William Cullen, physician and chemist (died 1790)
- 17 April - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Freemason (died 1767)
- 25 April - James Ferguson, astronomer (died 1776)
- 26 April - Thomas Reid, philosopher (died 1796)
- 16 May - William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, politician (died 1782)
- 10 June - James Short, mathematician and optician (died 1768)
- 20 August - Thomas Simpson, mathematician (died 1761)
- 30 September - John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, statesman (d. 1771)
- 24 October - Alban Butler, Catholic priest and writer (died 1773)
- 8 November - Sarah Fielding, writer (died 1768)
- 27 November - Robert Lowth, bishop and grammarian (died 1787)
- William Heberden, physician (died 1801)
- Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, statesman (died 1763)
Deaths
- 1 January - William Bruce, architect (born c. 1630)
- 5 March - John Holt, Lord Chief Justice (born 1642)
- 28 April - Thomas Betterton, English actor (born c. 1635)
- 1 June - David Mitchell, Scottish admiral (born 1642)
References
- ^ a b c d Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 207–208. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ "Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center". Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071121184743/http://www.pequotmuseum.org/Home/CrossPaths/CrossPathsFall2002/JohnSimonsEngravingsoftheFourKingsMoreThanMeetstheEye.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
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