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1710 in Great Britain:
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Events from the year
1710 in
Great Britain.
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John Arbuthnot's paper An Argument for Divine Providence, Taken From the Constant Regularity Observ'd in the Births of Both Sexes.
- 12 March –
Thomas Augustine Arne, composer (died
1778)
- 15 April –
William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (died
1790)
- 17 April –
Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish Freemason (died
1767)
- 25 April –
James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer (died
1776)
- 26 April –
Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (died
1796)
- 16 May –
William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, politician (died
1782)
- 10 June –
James Short, mathematician and optician (died
1768)
- 13 August –
William Heberden, physician (died
1801)
- 19 August –
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, statesman (died
1763)
- 20 August –
Thomas Simpson, mathematician (died
1761)
- 30 September –
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, statesman (d.
1771)
- 24 October –
Alban Butler, Catholic priest and writer (died
1773)
- 8 November –
Sarah Fielding, writer (died
1768)
- 27 November –
Robert Lowth, bishop and grammarian (died
1787)