June – The Worcester Post-Man is first published in
Worcester; as Berrow's Worcester Journal it will continue to be published as a newspaper more than 300 years later.[10]
9 July –
Christopher Slaughterford of London is executed in
Guildford for the murder of Jane Young, his fiancée. He is the first person in modern England executed for murder based exclusively on
circumstantial evidence, and he maintains his innocence to the last.
9 October – War of the Spanish Succession: British army captures
Mons.[1]
11 November –
Henry Sacheverell preaches an incendiary sermon The Perils of False Brethren at
St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London which leads to his impeachment by Parliament.
25 December – ten ships leave for the
New York Colony from London carrying over 4,000 people.
Undated
Enactment of Britain's first copyright law, the
Statute of Anne, coming into effect on 10 April 1710.[4]
The earliest known
cricket match involving county teams played is between
Kent and
Surrey.[11]
Publication of The Works of Mr William Shakespearedited by dramatist
Nicholas Rowe, the first modern edition of
Shakespeare's plays, including scene divisions, dramatis personæ and a prefatory account of Shakespeare's life, the first substantial biography of him.
June – The Worcester Post-Man is first published in
Worcester; as Berrow's Worcester Journal it will continue to be published as a newspaper more than 300 years later.[10]
9 July –
Christopher Slaughterford of London is executed in
Guildford for the murder of Jane Young, his fiancée. He is the first person in modern England executed for murder based exclusively on
circumstantial evidence, and he maintains his innocence to the last.
9 October – War of the Spanish Succession: British army captures
Mons.[1]
11 November –
Henry Sacheverell preaches an incendiary sermon The Perils of False Brethren at
St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London which leads to his impeachment by Parliament.
25 December – ten ships leave for the
New York Colony from London carrying over 4,000 people.
Undated
Enactment of Britain's first copyright law, the
Statute of Anne, coming into effect on 10 April 1710.[4]
The earliest known
cricket match involving county teams played is between
Kent and
Surrey.[11]
Publication of The Works of Mr William Shakespearedited by dramatist
Nicholas Rowe, the first modern edition of
Shakespeare's plays, including scene divisions, dramatis personæ and a prefatory account of Shakespeare's life, the first substantial biography of him.