1710 in Great Britain

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.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 207-208|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 27 February–21 March - trial of Henry Sacheverell for preaching criticism of the Glorious Revolution which was considered subversive by the Whig government.citebook|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8]
* 1 March - Riots in London, in support of Sacheverell.
* 10 April - The "Statute of Anne" , the world's first copyright legislation, became effective.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 19 April - Queen Anne meets the Four Mohawk Kings. [cite web|url=http://www.pequotmuseum.org/Home/CrossPaths/CrossPathsFall2002/JohnSimonsEngravingsoftheFourKingsMoreThanMeetstheEye.htm|title=Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center|accessdate=2007-12-16]
* 16 July - War of the Spanish Succession: British victory at the Battle of Almenara.
* 9 August - War of the Spanish Succession: British victory at the Battle of Saragossa.
* 11 August - a Tory administration is formed with Robert Harley as Chancellor of the Exchequer following the fall of the Whig government.
* 25 November - following the general election, the fourth parliament of Queen Anne's reign is composed mainly of Tory MPs.
* 8 December–9 December - War of the Spanish Succession: The British are defeated by French and Spanish troops at the Battle of Brihuega.

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

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