1706 in England

Events from the year 1706 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Anne of Great Britain

Events

* February - Regency Act, 1706 establishes Sophia of Hanover as heir to the English throne.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 204-205|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 11 May - War of the Spanish Succession: British troops relieve Barcelona from a French siege.
* 23 May - War of the Spanish Succession: English troops led by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough together with Dutch and German troops defeat the French at the Battle of Ramillies.cite book|title=The Pocket Date Book|publisher=Chapman and Hall|author=William L. R. Cates|year=1863]
* 23 July - Treaty of Union provides for England and Scotland to be merged into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.
* 21 August - War of the Spanish Succession: Franco-Spanish assault on the British colony at Charleston, South Carolina repelled.

Undated

* George Farquhar's play "The Recruiting Officer" and John Vanbrugh's play "The Mistake".citebook|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8]
* Opening of the Twinings tea shop in London still open as of 2008. [cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1700-1750|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1700-1750|accessdate=2007-08-24]

Births

* 28 January - John Baskerville, printer (died 1775)
* 6 March - George Pocock, admiral (died 1792)
* 10 June - John Dollond, optician (died 1761)

Unknown dates

* Dick Turpin, highwayman (died 1739)

Deaths

* 29 January - Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, poet and courtier (born. 1638)
* 27 February - John Evelyn, writer, gardener and diarist (born 1620)

References

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