1718 in Great Britain

none April 2014 November 2020 1718 Events from the year 1718 in Great Britain. Incumbents Monarch – George I Events 7 January – Religious Worship Act 1718 repeals the Occasional Conformity Act 1711Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 210–211 0-7126-5616-2 and Schism Act 1714, restoring some freedoms to dissenters. 21 March – Piracy Act 1717 receives royal assent, providing the punishment of penal transportation (to British North America) as an alternative to a death sentence for lesser crimes.https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml BBC History British History Timeline 2007-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20070909012414/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml 2007-09-09 30 April – the proper motion of stars is demonstrated by Edmond Halley. 15 May – James Puckle patents the Puckle Gun.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 2 August – Quadruple Alliance formed between Britain, the Kingdom of France, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic.The Pocket Date Book https://archive.org/details/pocketdatebooko00categoog Chapman and Hall William L. R. Cates William Leist Readwin Cates 1863 11 August – a British fleet under Admiral Byng defeats a Spanish fleet at the Battle of Cape Passaro, a prelude to the War of the Quadruple Alliance.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 17 December – War of the Quadruple Alliance: Britain, the Kingdom of France, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic declare war on Spain. Undated Marrow Controversy, an ecclesiastical dispute in Scotland, begins.http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc07.m.v.html New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge VII Philip Schaff Schaff Philip 2007-09-03 Greenwich Hospital receives a Royal Charter (revoked in 1829).https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/royal-charters/list-of-charters-granted/ List of Charters Granted The Privy Council Office 2020-10-25 3 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191203165101/https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/royal-charters/list-of-charters-granted/ dead The Hovering Act makes it illegal for vessels under 50 tons to linger offshore, in an attempt to prevent smuggling. Births 18 February – Robert Henry, historian (died 1790) 4 April – Benjamin Kennicott, churchman and Hebrew scholar (died 1783) 7 April – Hugh Blair, preacher and man of letters (died 1800) 17 May – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, diplomat and politician (died 1778) 23 May – William Hunter, anatomist (died 1783) 30 May – Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, politician (died 1793) 5 June – Thomas Chippendale, furniture maker (died 1779) 17 June – George Howard, field marshal (died 1796) 5 July – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (died 1794) 31 July – John Canton, physicist (died 1772) 3 November – John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, statesman (died 1792) Deaths 6 January – Richard Hoare, goldsmith and banker (born 1648) 1 February – Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, politician (born 1660) 17 February – Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield, heiress (born 1664) 18 February – Peter Anthony Motteux, dramatist and editor, probably murdered (born 1663 in France) 30 July – William Penn, Quaker and founder of the Pennsylvania colony (born 1644) 26 September – William Okeden, politician (born 1662) 22 November – Blackbeard, pirate, killed in action (born c. 1680) 6 December – Nicholas Rowe, poet laureate and dramatist (born 1674) See also 1718 in Wales References 1718 Category:Years in the Kingdom of Great Britain Category:1718 by country Category:1710s in Great Britain Category:1718 in Europe