1714 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1714 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Anne of Great Britain (to 1 August), George I of Great Britain

Events

* 19 May - Queen Anne refuses to allow members of the House of Hanover to settle in Britain during her lifetime.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]
* 27 July - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer dismissed as Lord High Treasurer.citebook|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=294]
* 30 July - Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury becomes the new Lord High Treasurer.
* 1 August - George, elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain following the death of Queen Anne.
* 18 September - King George arrives in Britain for the first time, landing at Greenwich.
* 20 October - Coronation of King George I.

Undated

* Tenison's School, the world's first mixed gender school, was established in Croydon.
* Worcester College, University of Oxford is founded (formerly Gloucester College, closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries).
* Parliament offers the Longitude prize to anyone who can solve the problem of accurately determining a ship's longitude.

Births

* 6 January - Percivall Pott, surgeon (died 1788)
* 25 February - Hyde Parker, admiral (died 1782)
* 26 February - James Hervey, clergyman and writer (died 1758)
* 14 April - Adam Gib, religious leader (died 1788)
* 1 August - Richard Wilson, painter (died 1782)
* 25 October - James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, philosopher and evolutionary thinker (died 1799)
* 13 November - William Shenstone, English poet (died 1763)
* "date unknown" - Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, politician (died 1778)

Deaths

* 2 February - John Sharp, Archbishop of York (born 1643)
* 24 February - Edmund Andros, governor in North America (born 1637)
* 15 May - Roger Elliott, general and Governor of Gibraltar (born c.1665)
* 8 June - Electress Sophia of Hanover, heir to the throne (born 1630)
* 22 June - Matthew Henry, non-conformist minister (born 1662)
* 1 August - Queen Anne (born 1665)
* 26 August - Edward Fowler, Bishop of Gloucester (born 1632)
* 1 November - John Radcliffe, physician (born 1652)

References

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