1710 in Great Britain

1710 in Great Britain:

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Events from the year 1710 in Great Britain.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Anne

Events

• January - Food shortages in major cities due to the harsh winter.
• 27 February–21 March - Trial of Henry Sacheverell for preaching criticism of the Glorious Revolution which is considered subversive by the Whig government.
• 1 March - Riots in London, in support of Sacheverell.
• 10 April - The Statute of Anne, the world's first copyright legislation, becomes effective.
• 19 April - Queen Anne meets the Four Mohawk Kings.
• 16 July - War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Almenar: victory of the Habsburg Monarchy in alliance with Britain against Bourbon Spain.
• 9 August - War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Saragossa: victory of the Habsburg Monarchy in alliance with Britain against Bourbon Spain.
• 11 August - A Tory administration is formed with Robert Harley as Chancellor of the Exchequer following the fall of the Whig government.
• 13 October - Queen Anne's War: The French surrender ending the Siege of Port Royal gives the British permanent possession of Nova Scotia.
• 25 November - Following the general election, the fourth parliament of Queen Anne's reign is composed mainly of Tory MPs.
• 8–9 December - War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Brihuega: The British are defeated by French and Spanish troops.

Publications

• John Arbuthnot's paper An Argument for Divine Providence, Taken From the Constant Regularity Observ'd in the Births of Both Sexes.

Deaths

• 12 March - Thomas Augustine Arne, composer (died 1778)
• 15 April - William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (died 1790)
• 17 April - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish Freemason (died 1767)
• 25 April - James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer (died 1776)
• 26 April - Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (died 1796)
• 16 May - William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, politician (died 1782)
• 10 June - James Short, mathematician and optician (died 1768)
• 13 August - William Heberden, physician (died 1801)
• 19 August - Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, statesman (died 1763)
• 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)

Births

• 1 January - William Bruce, Scottish 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)