- 1712 in Great Britain
Events from the year
1712 in theKingdom of Great Britain .Incumbents
*Monarch -
Anne of Great Britain Events
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1 January -War of the Spanish Succession : Peace congress opens at Utrecht.
*17 January -Robert Walpole imprisoned in theTower of London following charges of corruption.citebook|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=293–294]
*24 July - War of the Spanish Succession: At theBattle of Denain , the French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force following the withdrawal of British troops. [cite web|url=http://history.enotes.com/peoples-chronology/year-1712|title="1712." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006.|accessdate=2007-05-20]
*4 November -Bandbox Plot :Jonathan Swift foils an attempted murder ofRobert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer . [ [http://ecs.bathspa.ac.uk/swift/archives/000032.html The Bandbox Plot] ]Undated
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Newcomen steam engine is the first practical device to harness the power ofsteam to producemechanical work .
*John Arbuthnot creates the character of "John Bull " to represent Britain.cite web|url=http://history.enotes.com/peoples-chronology/year-1712/literature|title="1712." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006.|accessdate=2007-05-20]
* Building begins ofSt. Paul's, Deptford , a church designed byThomas Archer .Publications
* Barnaby Lintot's "Miscellaneous Poems", including, anonymously,
Alexander Pope 's poem "The Rape of the Lock ".Births
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17 January - John Stanley, composer (died 1786)
*8 March - John Fothergill, physician (died 1780)
*22 March -Edward Moore , writer (died 1757)
*14 October -George Grenville ,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1770)
*21 October - SirJames Denham Steuart, 4th Baronet , economist (died 1780)
* Richard Glover, poet (died 1785)Deaths
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2 February -Martin Lister , naturalist and physician (born c. 1638)
*25 March -Nehemiah Grew , naturalist (born 1641)
*1 July - William King, poet (born 1663)
*12 July -Richard Cromwell , Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (born 1626)
*26 July -Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds , statesman (born 1631)
*3 August -Joshua Barnes , scholar (born 1654)
*18 August -Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers , soldier (born c. 1660)
*29 August -Gregory King , statistician (born 1648)References
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