1704 in England
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Events from the year 1704 in the Kingdom of England.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Anne of Great Britain
[edit] Events
- 18 May - Robert Harley becomes Secretary of State for the Northern Department.[1]
- 4 August - War of the Spanish Succession: English forces under Sir George Rooke capture Gibraltar.[1]
- 2 August - War of the Spanish Succession: At the Battle of Blenheim, English troops under John Churchill, the Earl of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeat Franco-Bavarian army.[1]
- 13 August - French and English fleets clash off Málaga, causing heavy casualties in both sides but without sinking any ships.
- 3 November - Queen Anne's Bounty receives a Royal Charter.[2]
[edit] Undated
[edit] Publications
- Isaac Newton's work Opticks.[1]
- John Harris's Lexicon Technicum, an early encyclopedia.[1]
- Daniel Defoe begins publication of The Review, a weekly newspaper.[1]
- Jonathan Swift's works A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books.[1]
[edit] Births
- 1 January - Soame Jenyns, writer (died 1787)
- 10 April - Benjamin Heath, classical scholar (died 1766)
- 4 June - Benjamin Huntsman, inventor and manufacturer (died 1776)
- 17 June - John Kay, inventor (died 1780)
- 22 June - John Taylor, classical scholar (died 1766)
- 29 October - John Byng, admiral (died 1757)
- Eugene Aram, philologist and murderer (died 1759)
[edit] Deaths
- 8 April - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, statesman (born 1641)
- 18 June - Tom Brown, satirist (born 1662)
- 28 October - John Locke, philosopher (born 1632)
- 11 December - Roger L'Estrange, pamphleteer and author (born 1616)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 290. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Royal Charters, Privy Council website
- ^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 203-204. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
