1706 in England
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Events from the year 1706 in the Kingdom of England.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Anne of Great Britain
[edit] Events
- February - Regency Act, 1706 establishes Sophia of Hanover as heir to the English throne.[1]
- 11 May - War of the Spanish Succession: British troops relieve Barcelona from a French siege.[1]
- 23 May - War of the Spanish Succession: English troops led by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough together with Dutch and German troops defeat the French at the Battle of Ramillies.[2]
- 23 July - Treaty of Union provides for England and Scotland to be merged into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.[1]
- 21 August - War of the Spanish Succession: Franco-Spanish assault on the British colony at Charleston, South Carolina repelled.[1]
[edit] Undated
- George Farquhar's play The Recruiting Officer and John Vanbrugh's play The Mistake.[3]
- Opening of the Twinings tea shop in London still open as of 2008.[4]
[edit] Births
- 28 January - John Baskerville, printer (died 1775)
- 6 March - George Pocock, admiral (died 1792)
- 10 June - John Dollond, optician (died 1761)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Dick Turpin, highwayman (died 1739)
[edit] Deaths
- 29 January - Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, poet and courtier (born. 1638)
- 27 February - John Evelyn, writer, gardener and diarist (born 1620)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 204-205. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ William L. R. Cates (1863). The Pocket Date Book. Chapman and Hall.
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Icons, a portrait of England 1700-1750. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
