1710 in Great Britain:

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Events from the year 1710 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Anne of Great Britain

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 Almenara.^[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]

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)
• April 28 - Thomas Betterton, English actor (born c. 1635)
• June 1 - David Mitchell, Scottish admiral (born 1642)

References

See also