1725 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1725 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George I of Great Britain
*Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig

Events

* 18 May - The Order of the Bath founded by King George I.citebook|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=300]
* 24 May - Jonathan Wild, fraudulent "Thief Taker General", is hanged in Tyburn, for actually aiding criminals. [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]
* 3 September - Treaty of Hanover signed between Great Britain, France and Prussia.cite book|title=The Pocket Date Book|publisher=Chapman and Hall|author=William L. R. Cates|year=1863]

Undated

* The Black Watch is founded in Scotland.
* A fire in Wapping in England destroys 70 houses. [cite book |title=The London Encyclopaedia|author=Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert|publisher= Macmillan|year= 1995|isbn =0-333-57688-8|pages=287]
* Alexander Pope produces an English language translation of Homer's "Odyssey".

Births

* 4 February - Dru Drury, entomologist (died 1804)
* 11 March - Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the British throne (died 1807)
* 28 March - Andrew Kippis, non-conformist clergyman and biographer (died 1795)
* 25 April - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, admiral (died 1786)
* 24 July - John Newton, cleric and hymnist (died 1807)
* 29 August - Charles Townshend, politician (died 1767)
* 29 September - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, general and statesman (died 1774)
* 17 October - John Wilkes, politician and journalist (died 1797)
* Paul Sandby, cartographer and painter (died 1809)

Deaths

* 8 April - John Wise, clergyman (born 1652)
* 24 May - Jonathan Wild, criminal (born 1682)

References

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