18 August – War of the Spanish Succession: Capture of
Menorca by British forces.[1]
23 August – Queen Anne attends a thanksgiving service at the new
St Paul's Cathedral in London for victory at the
Battle of Oudenarde. She quarrels publicly with
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough;[4] and loose bolts in the supporting beams above her – in fact, the result of poor workmanship – are interpreted by the opposition as the "
Screw Plot", a Whig assassination attempt.[5]
12 October – War of the Spanish Succession: British forces capture
Lille after a two-month siege, although the
citadel continues to hold out for another six weeks.[2]
Edward Lhuyd becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society.
The Parliament of Great Britain passes an act prohibiting the British government from accepting plunder taken by privateers.[8]
Merger (with consent of Parliament) of the Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies and the more recently established English Company Trading to the East Indies to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies, known as the Honourable
East India Company.[9]
John Downes – Roscius Anglicanus (a historical review of the stage)
John Fisher, Cardinal Bishop of Rochester (executed 1535) – Funeral Sermon for Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby (originally delivered 1509; published with an anonymous preface by
Thomas Baker)
18 August – War of the Spanish Succession: Capture of
Menorca by British forces.[1]
23 August – Queen Anne attends a thanksgiving service at the new
St Paul's Cathedral in London for victory at the
Battle of Oudenarde. She quarrels publicly with
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough;[4] and loose bolts in the supporting beams above her – in fact, the result of poor workmanship – are interpreted by the opposition as the "
Screw Plot", a Whig assassination attempt.[5]
12 October – War of the Spanish Succession: British forces capture
Lille after a two-month siege, although the
citadel continues to hold out for another six weeks.[2]
Edward Lhuyd becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society.
The Parliament of Great Britain passes an act prohibiting the British government from accepting plunder taken by privateers.[8]
Merger (with consent of Parliament) of the Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies and the more recently established English Company Trading to the East Indies to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies, known as the Honourable
East India Company.[9]
John Downes – Roscius Anglicanus (a historical review of the stage)
John Fisher, Cardinal Bishop of Rochester (executed 1535) – Funeral Sermon for Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby (originally delivered 1509; published with an anonymous preface by
Thomas Baker)