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Great Britain in 1716

Name: Great Britain in 1716 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for Great Britain in 1716, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records

6Events

6Named people

2Places

6Categories

Historical records

April

26 April 1716Reform of ParliamentRobert Walpole Orford, 1st

Government / Whig Party Government

Extends the life of Parliament to 7 years

Other Events

1716Alliance George I and Duke of OrleansGeorge I

House / House of Hanover

George is threatened by Jacobite rebellion & Orleans is threatened by Philip V. An alliance is signed with the Duke of Orleans which the Dutch join in 1716

1716Birth of James BrindleyJames Brindley

Tunstead · Science / Technology

Birth of James Brindley

1716LieutenantGeorge Anson Anson, 1st

Warfare / Military

Appointed Lieutenant

1716StrokeJohn Churchill Marlborough, 1st

England · House / House of Churchill

Suffers a serious stroke that sharply reduces his political activity and leaves his health permanently impaired.

1716Transit of Venus MethodEdmond Halley

Science / Astronomy

Halley publishes a method for using future transits of Venus to calculate the Earth-Sun distance more accurately.

Names involved

Edmond HalleyGeorge Anson Anson, 1stGeorge IJames BrindleyJohn Churchill Marlborough, 1stRobert Walpole Orford, 1st

Places involved

EnglandTunstead

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.