1707 in Great Britain

Great Britain-related events during the year of 1707
1707 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1707 in Great Britain, created on 1 May this year as a consequence of the 1706 Treaty of Union and its ratification by the 1707 Acts of Union.[1]

Incumbents

Events

  • 12 May (1 May Old Style) – The new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being as a result of the Acts of Union which ratified the Treaty of Union: the kingdoms of England and Scotland are combined into a single, United Kingdom[2] and merge the Parliaments of England and Scotland to form the Parliament of Great Britain.[3] The Equivalent, a sum of £398,000, is paid to Scotland by the English government due to Scotland now taking on shared responsibility for England’s national debt.
  • 8 July – "Hot Tuesday"[4] – estimated temperature in England 38°C.
  • 29 July–21 August – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Toulon – Allies, including British forces under Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, are obliged to withdraw, but the French fleet is effectively put out of action.
  • 22 October – Scilly naval disaster: Four Royal Navy ships, including HMS Association, run aground in the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation – Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and at least 1450 sailors are drowned.
  • 23 October – first sitting of the Parliament of Great Britain, at Westminster.[3]
  • 5 December – first meeting of the Society of Antiquaries takes place in the Bear Tavern on The Strand, London.[5]

Undated

Books

Periodicals

  • John Oldmixon, The Muses Mercury; or, The Monthly Miscellany, published monthly from January of this year to January 1708[7]

Poetry and songs

  • Samuel Cobb, Poems on Several Occasions[7]
  • Nahum Tate, The Triumph of Union[7]
  • Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, the first of many editions throughout the 18th century and afterward;[7] includes "O God, Our Help in Ages Past"[8]
  • John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, The Miscellaneous Works of the Right Honourable the Late Earls of Rochester And Roscommon. With The Memoirs of the Life and Character of the late Earl of Rochester, in a Letter to the Dutchess of Mazarine. By Mons. St. Evremont, London: Printed & sold by B. Bragge; second edition in the same year, London: Printed for Edmund Curll (third edition, 1709)[9]

Drama

Births (from 1 May)

Deaths (from 1 May)

References

  1. ^ Hugh F. Kearney, The British Isles: a history of four nations (2006), p. 215
  2. ^ "Act of Union 1707". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  3. ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 291. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  4. ^ Bowen, David (1973). Britain's Weather: its Workings, Lore and Forecasting. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
  5. ^ Sweet, Rosemary (2004). Antiquaries: the Discovery of the Past in Eighteenth-Century Britain. London: Cambridge University Press. p. 84. ISBN 1-85285-309-3. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Icons, a portrait of England 1700-1750". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
  8. ^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 205–206. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  9. ^ Web page titled "John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 – 1680)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. Archived August 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine 2009-05-02.