1701 in England

none April 2014August 2024 1701 Events from the year 1701 in the Kingdom of England. Incumbents Monarch of England — William III Events 6 February — the 5th Parliament of William III assembles; future Prime Minister Robert Walpole enters the House of Commons for the first time, and soon makes his name as a spokesman for Whig policy.July 2026 23 May — Scottish-born Captain William Kidd, having been imprisoned in Boston Gaol (Massachusetts) and Newgate Prison (London) and convicted by the High Court of Admiralty of piracy and the murder of one of his crew, is hanged at Execution Dock in Wapping.Crystal David David Crystal 2006 Penguin Pocket: On This Day Penguin Reference Library, Penguin Books Limited 0-14-102715-0July 2026 His body suffers gibbeting over the River Thames at Tilbury Point; ballads are already spreading the legend that he has left buried treasure in the Americas.http://www.davidkidd.net/Captain_Kidd_Lyrics.html Captain Kidd lyrics DavidKidd.net 2011-07-23 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20110723082022/http://www.davidkidd.net/Captain_Kidd_Lyrics.html 2011-07-23 Wayback Machine 16 June — foundation of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in London.Williams Hywel 2005 Cassell's Chronology of World History: dates, events and ideas that made history https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration London, England Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-304-35730-8 Archive.org, 2.2Gb, date added 24 September 2019July 2026 24 June — the Act of Settlement 1701, by the Parliament of England, becomes law; the crown of Great Britain passes to Sophia, Electress of Hanover and her Protestant descendants on the death of Princess Anne, the heiress presumptive to the throne after her brother-in-law, King William III.July 2026 7 September — the Treaty of Grand Alliance signed between England, Austria, and the Dutch Republic.https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml BBC History – British history timeline BBC.co.uk BBC History, British Broadcasting Corporation n.d. 3 September 2007 live https://web.archive.org/web/20060902045931/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml 2 September 2006 16 September (N.S.) — following the death of the deposed King James II of England in exile in France, his son Prince James Francis Edward Stuart becomes the new claimant to the thrones of England as King James III and Scotland as King James VIII; Louis XIV of France, the Papal States, and Philip V of Spain recognise him as the rightful heir.July 2026 December — Nicholas Rowe's play Tamerlane premieres at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London; its pro-Whig views make it popular amongst supporters of King William and the Glorious Revolution.July 2026 Undated Royal Sovereign 1701 6, a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line built by Fisher Harding at Woolwich Dockyard in 1701 for the Royal Navy, is launched.The English Ship 'Royal Sovereign' with a Royal Yacht in a Light Air https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-15087 RMG.co.uk National Maritime Museum, Royal Museums Greenwich Greenwich, London n.d. 20 July 2026 Jethro Tull invents a drill for planting seeds in rows.July 2026 Opening of the Bevis Marks Synagogue in London, the oldest synagogue in the United Kingdom in continuous use.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5076900.stm Q&A: Jews in Britain News.BBC.co.uk BBC News, British Broadcasting Corporation 13 June 2006 23 November 2010 Publications Prose 1701 in literature Poetry and songs 1701 in poetry Births July 2026 14 May — William Emerson, mathematician (died 1782) 19 December — Francis Ayscough, clerk of the Closet (died 1763) Unknown birth date Harriet Pelham-Holles, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, née Lady Harriet Godolphin, spouse of the Prime Minister (died 1776) Deaths July 2026 4 April — Joseph Haines, entertainer and author (date of birth unknown) 20 August — Charles Sedley, playwright (born 1639) 22 August — John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, royalist statesman (born 1628) 16 September — James II of England, deposed king (born 1633) 3 October — Joseph Williamson, politician (born 1633) 5 November — Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-born English politician (born c. 1659) References 1701 England History Category:Years of the 18th century in England Category:1700s in England Category:1701 in Europe Category:1701 by country