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1712 in Great Britain, the Glossary

Events from the year 1712 in Great Britain.^[1]

86 relations: Alderney, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Arthur Devis, Bandbox Plot, Battle of Denain, Black Country, Castle Howard, Charles Johnson (writer), Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun of Okehampton, Deptford Dockyard, Edward Moore (dramatist), Flanders, Fourth-rate, George Frideric Handel, George Grenville, Greenwich Hospital, London, Gregory King, Hamilton–Mohun duel, Harley's Dozen, Haymarket, London, His Majesty's Theatre, London, HMS Advice (1712), HMS Dragon (1647), HMS Rippon (1712), House of Lords, Hyde Park, London, Il pastor fido (Handel), Jacobitism, James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, James Francis Edward Stuart, James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, James Steuart (economist), James Stewart (advocate, born 1635), John Arbuthnot, John Bull, John Calley (engineer), John Dennis (dramatist), John Fothergill (physician), John Stanley (composer), John Vanbrugh, Jonathan Swift, Joshua Barnes, Kingdom of Great Britain, Les Casquets, List of British monarchs, Louisa Maria Stuart, Martin Lister, Mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis, Nehemiah Grew, Newcomen atmospheric engine, ... Expand index (36 more) »
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Alderney

Alderney (Aurigny; Auregnais: Aoeur'gny) is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands.

Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of Scotland and England, until her death.

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Arthur Devis

Arthur Devis (19 February 1712 – 25 July 1787) was an English artist whose father, Anthony, was progenitor of what became a family dynasty of painters and writers.

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Bandbox Plot

The Bandbox Plot of 4 November 1712, was an attempt on the life of Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, the British Lord Treasurer, which was foiled by the perspicacity of Jonathan Swift (author of Gulliver's Travels), who happened to be visiting the Earl of Oxford.

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Battle of Denain

The Battle of Denain was fought on 24 July 1712 as part of the War of the Spanish Succession.

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Black Country

The Black Country is an area of England's West Midlands.

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Castle Howard

Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, within the civil parish of Henderskelfe, located north of York.

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Charles Johnson (writer)

Charles Johnson (1679 – 11 March 1748) was an English playwright, tavern keeper, and enemy of Alexander Pope's.

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Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun of Okehampton

Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun (– 15 November 1712) was an English politician best known for his frequent participation in duels.

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Deptford Dockyard

Deptford Dockyard was an important naval dockyard and base at Deptford on the River Thames, operated by the Royal Navy from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

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Edward Moore (dramatist)

Edward Moore (22 March 17121 March 1757), English dramatist and miscellaneous writer, the son of a dissenting minister, was born at Abingdon, Berkshire.

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Flanders

Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium.

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Fourth-rate

In 1603 all English warships with a complement of fewer than 160 men were known as 'small ships'.

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George Frideric Handel

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (baptised italic,; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos.

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George Grenville

George Grenville (14 October 1712 – 13 November 1770) was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain, during the early reign of the young George III.

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Greenwich Hospital, London

Greenwich Hospital was a permanent home for retired sailors of the Royal Navy, which operated from 1692 to 1869.

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Gregory King

Gregory King (15 December 1648 – 29 August 1712) was an English officer of arms, engraver, cartographer and statistician.

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Hamilton–Mohun duel

The Hamilton–Mohun Duel occurred on 15 November 1712 in Hyde Park, then on the outskirts of London.

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Harley's Dozen

Harley's Dozen were twelve new peerages created in December 1711 by the British Tory government of Robert Harley which was struggling to gain a majority in the Whig-dominated House of Lords.

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Haymarket, London

Haymarket is a street in the St James's area of the City of Westminster, London.

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His Majesty's Theatre, London

His Majesty's Theatre is a West End theatre situated in the Haymarket in the City of Westminster, London.

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HMS Advice (1712)

HMS Advice was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Joseph Allin the elder according to the 1706 Establishment of dimensions at Deptford Dockyard, and launched on 8 July 1712.

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HMS Dragon (1647)

HMS Dragon was a 38-gun fourth rate of the English Navy; she became part of the Royal Navy after the Restoration, built by the Master Shipwright Henry Goddard at Chatham and launched in 1647.

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HMS Rippon (1712)

HMS Rippon was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Joseph Allin the elder at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 23 August 1712.

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House of Lords

The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Hyde Park, London

Hyde Park is a, historic Grade I-listed urban park in Westminster, Greater London.

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Il pastor fido (Handel)

Il pastor fido ("The Faithful Shepherd") (HWV 8) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel.

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Jacobitism

Jacobitism was a political movement that supported the restoration of the senior line of the House of Stuart to the British throne.

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James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde

James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, (1665–1745) was an Irish statesman and soldier.

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James Francis Edward Stuart

James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 16881 January 1766), nicknamed the Old Pretender by Whigs and the King over the Water by Jacobites, was the son of King James VII and II of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and his second wife, Mary of Modena.

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James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton

Lieutenant-General James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton and 1st Duke of Brandon, KG, KT (11 April 1658 – 15 November 1712) was a Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician.

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James Steuart (economist)

Sir James Steuart, 3rd Baronet of Goodtrees and 7th Baronet of Coltness (21 October 1712 – 26 November 1780), also known as Sir James Steuart Denham, was a prominent Scottish Jacobite and author of "probably the first systematic treatise written in English about economics" and the first book in English with 'political economy' in the title.

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James Stewart (advocate, born 1635)

Sir James Stewart (or Steuart) of Goodtrees (1635–1713) was a Scottish lawyer, political opponent of the Stuarts monarchy, and reforming Lord Advocate of Scotland from 1692 to 1713.

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John Arbuthnot

John Arbuthnot FRS (baptised 29 April 1667 – 27 February 1735), often known simply as Dr Arbuthnot, was a Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London.

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John Bull

John Bull is a national personification of the United Kingdom, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works.

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John Calley (engineer)

John Calley (also spelt Cawley) (1663 – May 1725, The Hague), was a metalworker, plumber and glass-blower, who became famous for being Thomas Newcomen's partner.

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John Dennis (dramatist)

John Dennis (16 September 1657 – 6 January 1734) was an English critic and dramatist.

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John Fothergill (physician)

John Fothergill FRS (8 March 1712 – 26 December 1780) was an English physician, plant collector, philanthropist, and Quaker.

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John Stanley (composer)

Charles John Stanley (17 January 1712 Old Style – 19 May 1786) was an English composer and organist.

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John Vanbrugh

Sir John Vanbrugh (24 January 1664 (baptised) – 26 March 1726) was an English architect, dramatist and herald, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard.

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".

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Joshua Barnes

Joshua Barnes FRS (10 January 1654 – 3 August 1712), was an English scholar.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.

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Les Casquets

Les Casquets or (The) Casquets is a group of rocks eight miles (13 km) northwest of Alderney in the Channel Islands; they are administered by the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

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List of British monarchs

There have been 13 British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707.

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Louisa Maria Stuart

Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart (Louise Marie Thérèse; 28 June 1692 – 18 April 1712), known to Jacobites as The Princess Royal, was the last child of James II and VII, the deposed king of England, Scotland and Ireland, by his second wife Mary of Modena.

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Martin Lister

Martin Lister (12 April 1639 – 2 February 1712) was an English naturalist and physician.

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Mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis

The disease mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis, also known as scrofula and historically as king's evil, involves a lymphadenitis of the cervical (neck) lymph nodes associated with tuberculosis as well as nontuberculous (atypical) mycobacteria.

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Nehemiah Grew

Nehemiah Grew (26 September 164125 March 1712) was an English plant anatomist and physiologist, known as the "Father of Plant Anatomy".

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Newcomen atmospheric engine

The atmospheric engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712, and is often referred to as the Newcomen fire engine (see below) or simply as a Newcomen engine.

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North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber and North East regions of England.

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Peace of Utrecht

The Peace of Utrecht was a series of peace treaties signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht between April 1713 and February 1715.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom.

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Princess Royal

Princess Royal is a style customarily (but not automatically) awarded by British monarchs to their eldest daughters.

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Richard Blackmore

Sir Richard Blackmore (22 January 1654 – 9 October 1729), English poet and physician, is remembered primarily as the object of satire and as an epic poet, but he was also a respected medical doctor and theologian.

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Richard Cromwell

Richard Cromwell (4 October 162612 July 1712) was an English statesman, the second and final Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and the son of the first Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell.

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Richard Glover (poet)

Richard Glover (1712 – 25 November 1785) was an English poet and politician.

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Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers

General Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers PC (ca. 1654 – 18 August 1712) was an English nobleman and soldier who was a senior Army officer in the English and then British Army.

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Rob Roy MacGregor

Robert Roy MacGregor (Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair; 7 March 1671 – 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero.

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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, KG PC FRS (5 December 1661 – 21 May 1724) was an English statesman and peer of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods.

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Robert Walpole

Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig politician who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1721 to 1742.

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Royal Hospital School

The Royal Hospital School (usually shortened as "RHS" and historically nicknamed "The Cradle of the Navy") is a British co-educational fee-charging international boarding and day school with naval traditions.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Royal touch

The royal touch (also known as the king's touch) was a form of laying on of hands, whereby French and English monarchs touched their subjects, regardless of social classes, with the intent to cure them of various diseases and conditions.

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Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson (– 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer.

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Sarah Clayton

Sarah Clayton (1712–1779) was an English industrialist.

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Scottish Episcopal Church

The Scottish Episcopal Church (Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba; Scots Episcopal(ian) Kirk) is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland.

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Scottish Episcopalians Act 1711

The Scottish Episcopalians Act 1711 (10 Ann. c. 10) is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

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Smallpox

Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus.

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St Paul's, Deptford

St Paul's, Deptford, is one of London's finest Baroque parish churches, cited as "one of the most moving C18 churches in London" in the Buildings of England series.

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Stamp Act 1712

The Stamp Act 1712 (cited either as 10 Ann. c. 18 or as 10 Ann. c. 19The act is numbered as 10 Ann. c. 18 in The Statutes of the Realm (published 1810–25), based on the original Parliament Rolls; but as 10 Ann. c. 19 in Ruffhead's Statutes at Large (published 1763–65; and later editions), based on the copies of acts enrolled in Chancery.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1712_in_Great_Britain

Also known as 1712 in the United Kingdom.

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1710s in Great Britain

1712 by country

1712 in Europe

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