1713 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1713 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Anne of Great Britain

Events

* 27 March - First Treaty of Utrecht between Britain and Spain. Spain cedes Gibraltar and Minorca.citebook|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8]
* 11 April - Second Treaty of Utrecht signed between Britain and France ending the War of the Spanish Succession.cite book|title=The Pocket Date Book|publisher=Chapman and Hall|author=William L. R. Cates|year=1863] France cedes Newfoundland, Acadia, Hudson Bay and St Kitts.
* July to August - General election results in a Tory victory.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 208-209|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]

Undated

* The first orrery built by George Graham.
* Board of Longitude established.

Births

* 10 April - John Whitehurst, clockmaker and scientist (died 1788)
* 25 May - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister (died 1792)
* 11 June - Edward Capell, critic (died 1781)
* 22 June - Lord John Philip Sackville, cricketer (died 1765)
* 7 October - Granville Elliott, military officer (died 1759)
* 13 October - Allan Ramsay, painter (died 1784)
* 24 November - Laurence Sterne, Irish-born English novelist (died 1768)
* 15 December - Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, statesman (died 1802)

Unknown dates

* James Stuart, archaeologist, architect and artist (died 1788)
* Jonathan Toup, classical scholar and critic (died 1785)

Deaths

* 4 February - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, politician and philosopher (b. 1671)
* 20 May - Thomas Sprat, minister (b. 1635)
* 7 July - Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor (b. 1632)
* 20 October - Archibald Pitcairne, physician (b. 1652)
* 7 November - Elizabeth Barry, actress (b. 1658)
* 14 December - Thomas Rymer, historian (b. 1641)

Unknown dates

* Thomas Ellwood, religious writer (b. 1639)

References

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