1712 in Great Britain

1712 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1712 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Anne of Great Britain

Events

* 1 January - War of the Spanish Succession: Peace congress opens at Utrecht.
* 17 January - Robert Walpole imprisoned in the Tower 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 the Battle 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 of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. [ [http://ecs.bathspa.ac.uk/swift/archives/000032.html The Bandbox Plot] ]

Undated

* Newcomen steam engine is the first practical device to harness the power of steam to produce mechanical 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 of St. Paul's, Deptford, a church designed by Thomas Archer.

Publications

* Barnaby Lintot's "Miscellaneous Poems", including, anonymously, Alexander Pope's poem "The Rape of the Lock".

Births

* 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 - Sir James Denham Steuart, 4th Baronet, economist (died 1780)
* Richard Glover, poet (died 1785)

Deaths

* 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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