1702 in England

1702 Events from the year 1702 in England. This year sees a change of monarch. Incumbents Monarch – William III (until 8 March), Anne (starting 8 March) thumb|upright|Queen Anne c.1702 Events 20 February – William III falls from his horse, Sorrel, in Richmond Park after it stumbles on a molehill and breaks his clavicle.History of King William III of England http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/Outline_of_Great_Books_Volume_I/kingwilli_jd.html Outline of Great Books 1 2003 2012-10-27 8 March (19 March N.S.) – William III dies at Kensington Palace of complications following his accident; his sister-in-law Anne Stuart, Princess of Denmark, becomes Queen Anne of England.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 11 March (22 March N.S.) – the first regular English language national newspaper, The Daily Courant, is published for the first time in Fleet Street in the City of London, initially by Elizabeth Mallet; it covers only foreign news. 23 April – coronation of Queen Anne in Westminster Abbey.Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 201–202 0-7126-5616-2 4 May (14 May N.S.) – War of the Spanish Succession: England, the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Empire declare war on France as part of the Grand Alliance.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/290 registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 290 8 May – Lord Godolphin becomes Lord High Treasurer at the urging of his friend and political ally John Churchill, Earl of Marlborough, establishing the Godolphin–Marlborough ministry which will remain in power until 1710.Frances Harris The General in Winter: The Marlborough-Godolphin Friendship and the Reign of Anne 2017 108–110 June – War of the Spanish Succession: Queen Anne's Captain-General Marlborough forces the surrender of Kaiserswerth on the Rhine. July – 1702 English general election results in victory for the Tories. September – War of the Spanish Succession: Churchill forces the surrender of Venlo on the River Meuse. 12 October (23 October N.S.) – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Vigo Bay – Anglo-Dutch naval forces under English Admiral Sir George Rooke capture the defended Spanish port of Cádiz and take or destroy all the Spanish treasure fleet and escorting French warships there; this follows a failed attempt in August/September to capture it in an amphibious operation, the Battle of Cádiz.Richard Harding Seapower and Naval Warfare, 1650-1830 Taylor & Francis 2002 169 Churchill forces the surrender of Liège. 27 October – Queen Anne's War: English troops plunder St. Augustine in Florida. December – Daniel Defoe publishes his satiric pamphlet The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (anonymously). 14 December – John Churchill is created Duke of Marlborough. Undated Castle Howard in Yorkshire is completed to the design of John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor. Ripon Obelisk designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, triggering a fashion for obelisks in Britain. George Sorocold erects machinery at Cotchetts' silk spinning mill in Derby, making it one of the earliest examples of a factory.K. R. Fairclough Sorocold, George (c.1668–1738?) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online Oxford University Press September 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47971 10.1093/ref:odnb/47971 2010-07-05 Richard Bentley at Cambridge introduces the first written (as opposed to oral) competitive examinations in a Western university.Ball W. W. Rouse W. W. Rouse Ball 1889 A History of the Study of Mathematics at Cambridge Cambridge University Press 193 John Kersey publishes A New English Dictionary; or, a complete collection of the most proper and significant words, commonly used in the language. Births 4 March – Jack Sheppard, burglar and escapee (died 1724) 26 June – Philip Doddridge, religious leader (died 1751) 5 November – Edward Stone, polymath (died 1768) Undated – Benjamin Stillingfleet, botanist (died 1771) Deaths 8 March – King William III (born 1650 in The Hague, Netherlands) 23 April – Margaret Fell, Quaker leader (born 1614) 28 September – Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, statesman (born 1640) 15 October – Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond, courtier (born 1647) 4 November – John Benbow, admiral (born 1653) References 1702 Category:Years of the 18th century in England Category:1702 in Europe England