1724 in Great Britain

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Events from the year 1724 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Unknown dates 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Events

• 20 February - premiere of Julius Caesar in Egypt, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London. ^[1]
• 16 November - Jack Sheppard hanged in London.

[edit] Unknown dates

• Blenheim Palace construction is completed. It is presented as a gift to the Duke of Marlborough for his involvement in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.
• Longman, the oldest publishing house in England, is founded.

[edit] Births

• 24 January - Frances Brooke, writer (d. 1789)
• 28 February - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, field marshal (d. 1807)
• 29 April - John Michell, scientist and geologist (d. 1793)
• 19 May - Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, admiral and politician (d. 1779)
• 8 June - John Smeaton, civil engineer (d. 1792)
• 25 August - George Stubbs, painter (d. 1806)
• 3 September - Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, soldier and Governor of Quebec (d. 1808)
• 31 October - Christopher Anstey, writer (d. 1805)
• 12 December - Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, admiral (d. 1816)

[edit] Deaths

• 12 February - Elkanah Settle, writer (b. 1648)
• 21 May - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman (b. 1661)
• 15 June - Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (b. 1674)
• 29 October - William Wollaston, English philosophical writer (b. 1659)
• 16 November - Jack Sheppard, English criminal (executed) (b. 1702)

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of years in Great Britain