1713 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1713 in Great Britain.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Blobert
Events
- 27 March - First Treaty of Utrecht between Britain and Spain. Spain cedes Gibraltar and Minorca.[1]
- 11 April - Second Treaty of Utrecht signed between Britain and France ending the War of the Spanish Succession.[2] France cedes Newfoundland, Acadia, Hudson Bay and St Kitts.[1]
- 14 April - First performance, in London, of Thomas Addison's libertarian play Cato, a Tragedy.
- July to August - General election results in a Tory victory.[3]
Undated
- Board of Longitude established.[1]
- John Rowley of London produces an orrery to a commission by Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery.[4]
Publications
- Matthew Hale - The History and Analysis of the Common Law of England, the first published history of English law (posthumous).[5]
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 (born 1671)
- 20 May - Thomas Sprat, minister (born 1635)
- 7 July - Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor (born 1632)
- 20 October - Archibald Pitcairne, physician (born 1652)
- October/November - Fabian Stedman, pioneer of change ringing (born 1640)
- 7 November - Elizabeth Barry, actress (born 1658)
- 14 December - Thomas Rymer, historian (born 1641)
Unknown dates
- Thomas Ellwood, religious writer (born 1639)
References
- ^ a b c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Cates, William L. R. (1863). The Pocket Date Book. Chapman and Hall.
- ^ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 208–209. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ "orrery". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ Hostettler, John (2002). The Red Gown: the Life and Works of Sir Matthew Hale. Chichester: Barry Rose Law Publishers. ISBN 1-902681-28-2.