English History (Part 7)
England: Birmingham UK - Blackpool - Bradford - Bristol - Leeds - Liverpool UK - London - Manchester - Oxford - Sheffield
Historical Events
Events 601 - 700 of 1,326
- 1699-06-11 England, France & Netherlands agree on 2nd Extermination Treaty of Spain
Gregory Conquers Julius Caesar
1700-01-01 Protestant Western Europe (except England) begins using the Gregorian calendar
- 1700-08-18 Swedish, English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark
- 1701-06-12 Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover
- 1701-09-07 Germany, England & Netherlands sign anti-French covenant
- 1701-09-16 James Francis Edward Stuart "The Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland on the death of his father James II
Historic Event
1702-03-08 James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland following the death of William III
- 1702-03-11 1st English daily newspaper "Daily Courant" publishes
- 1702-03-21 Queen Anne addresses English parliament
- 1702-05-14 England & Netherlands declare war on France & Spain
- 1702-08-19 -24] Battle at Santa Marta Venz: English fleet beat French
- 1702-10-13 Dutch and English troops occupy Liège
- 1702-10-23 Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch & English fleet destroy & occupy Spanish silver fleet & French squadron
- 1703-05-02 Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant
- 1703-05-18 Dutch & English troops occupy Cologne
- 1703-09-12 English army under arch duke Charles of Austria lands in Portugal
- 1703-12-07 Great storm of 1703 hits Southern England - thousands killed, Royal Navy losses 13 ships and around 1,500 seamen
- 1703-12-27 England & Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement
- 1704-07-24 English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar
- 1704-08-03 English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar
- 1704-08-04 War of Spanish Succession, English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar
Knighthood
1705-04-16 Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge
- 1705-10-15 English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona
- 1707-04-29 English and Scottish parliaments accept Act of Union; creates the United Kingdom of Great Britain (comes into being 1st May)
- 1707-05-01 Acts of Union comes into force, uniting England and Scotland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain
- 1708-03-23 Pretender to the English throne James III attempts to land at Firth of Forth, Scotland, but is turned away by the British Royal Navy
- 1708-03-27 Pretender to the English throne James III flees to Dunkirk
- 1708-10-21 Dutch & English troops occupy Lille (Rijsel)
- 1709-09-11 Battle at Malplaquet during War of the Spanish Succession: English, Austrian and Dutch Great Alliance defeat France
- 1709-10-29 England & Netherlands sign anti-French "Barrieretraktaat"
- 1710-08-07 Sidney, 1st Earl of Godolphin resigns as English minister of Finance
- 1710-10-13 English troops occupy Acadia (Nova Scotia)
- 1711-03-08 Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder
Historic Event
1711-12-31 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, fired as English army commander
- 1712-07-17 Great Britain, Portugal and France sign ceasefire [or 19th]
- 1713-01-30 England & Netherlands sign 2nd anti-French boundary treaty
- 1713-04-11 Great Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Prussia, Savoy, Portugal & France agree the Treaty of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces in North America to Britain
- 1714-01-07 Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
Historic Event
1714-08-01 Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes King George I of England
- 1715-11-25 First English patent granted to an American, for processing corn
- 1715-12-22 English pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead
- 1716-05-25 Great Britain and Holy Roman Empire sign the Treaty of Westminster, a defensive pact [1]
- 1717-03-02 The Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England
Pirate Attack
1717-12-05 English pirate Blackbeard ransacks the merchant sloop "Margaret" and keeps her captain, Henry Bostock prisoner for 8 hours before releasing him. Bostock later provides 1st record of Blackbeard's appearance, and the source for his name
Appointment of Interest
1720-02-10 Edmond Halley appointed as the second Astronomer Royal at the Greenwich Observatory
- 1720-06-10 Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard
- 1721-03-09 British Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower
- 1721-06-13 England signs Treaty of Madrid
Historic Event
1724-04-01 Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War
Historic Event
1726-10-11 Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England
- 1727-09-08 A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
- 1730-08-04 Crown prince Frederick of Prussia escapes to England
- 1732-08-01 Foundations laid for Bank of England
- 1733-01-13 James Oglethorpe & 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, South Carolina
- 1737-07-31 Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court
- 1738-05-09 Britain sends fleet to the Mediterranean Sea & West Indies
- 1739-04-07 Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing
- 1739-10-19 England declares war on Spain [OS=Oct 30]
- 1741-03-09 British fleet under admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena
- 1741-04-13 Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich, England
- 1743-08-16 Champion of England titleholder Jack Broughton publishes 'Rules of the Ring' - earliest boxing code
- 1744-02-09 Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Adm Matthews)
- 1744-03-11 English auction house Sotheby's holds its first ever auction (of books) in London
Scientific Discovery
1744-12-31 English astronomer James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's nutation motion (wobble)
- 1745-03-09 Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston [1]
Historic Event
1745-11-11 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army enters England
- 1749-11-02 English Ohio Trade Company forms first trading post
- 1751-07-29 1st international world title prize fight: Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M. Petit of France in 29 mins in England
- 1751-08-24 Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning a supposed witch
- 1753-06-13 Austria, Great Britain & Modena sign secret military treaty
Historic Publication
1755-04-15 Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language" published in London
Historic Event
1755-11-20 English minister William Pitt the Elder resigns
- 1755-12-02 The second Eddystone Lighthouse on Eddystone Rocks off English southern coast is destroyed by fire
- 1756-08-29 England & France meet in war
- 1757-08-09 English Fort William Henry, NY, surrenders to French & Indians troops
- 1759-08-18 -19] 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France
- 1762-08-14 English fleet occupies Havana
Historic Event
1763-11-16 English journalist John Wilkes injured in a duel
- 1764-02-21 John Wilkes is thrown out of English House of Commons for his "Essay on Women"
- 1766-05-09 John Byron back in England after trip around the world
- 1767-06-18 Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti; considered the first European to reach the island
Historic Event
1768-08-25 Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth, England, on his first voyage on board the Endeavour, bound for the Pacific Ocean
- 1771-07-12 The Endeavour captained by James Cook, with Joseph Banks aboard, returns from its first voyage to the Pacific after two years
- 1772-06-22 Somerset v Stewart court case finds slavery unsupported by English common law, encouraging the abolitionist movement
Historic Event
1772-08-04 English poet and artist William Blake aged 14 is first apprenticed to engraver James Basire in London
- 1772-11-02 Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms
Oxygen Discovered!
1774-08-01 English chemist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen by isolating it in its gaseous state
- 1775-06-23 1st regatta held on river Thames, England
- 1775-07-30 Captain James Cook with Resolution returns to England
- 1777-01-15 People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England
- 1779-10-08 English engraver and poet William Blake begins study at the Royal Academy, Old Somerset House, London
- 1780-08-22 HMS Resolution, without Captain James Cook, returns to England
- 1785-01-07 1st balloon flight across English Channel by Jean Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries
- 1787-05-17 English slave ship Sisters, en route from Africa to Cuba, capsizes killing hundreds
- 1788-01-18 First elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to set up a penal colony
- 1790-03-27 The modern shoelace with an aglet patented in England by Harvey Kennedy
- 1790-11-11 Chrysanthemums are introduced to England from China
French Revolution
1791-07-14 The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England
- 1792-11-14 Captain George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay
- 1793-04-15 Bank of England issues first £5 note
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 601 - 700 of 4,621
- 1756-07-14 Thomas Rowlandson, English painter, cartoonist and etcher, born in London, England (d. 1827)
- 1757-01-11 Samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (d. 1831)
- 1757-02-01 John Philip Kemble, British actor and director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden), born in Prescot, Lancashire, England (d. 1823)
- 1757-02-20 John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834)
- 1757-07-08 Richard Wainwright, English composer and church organist (d. 1825)
Mary Wollstonecraft
1759-04-27 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, English writer and feminist (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman), mother of Mary Shelley, born in London (d. 1797)
William Pitt the Younger
1759-05-28 William Pitt the Younger, British Prime Minister (Tory: 1783-1801, 1804-06), born in Hayes, Kent, England (d. 1806)
- 1759-09-19 William Kirby, English entomologist and original member of the Linnean Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society, born in Witnesham, Suffolk, England (d. 1850)
William Grenville
1759-10-25 William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Whig: 1806-07), born in Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, England (d. 1834)
- 1760-03-28 Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation), born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England (d. 1846)
- 1761-05-16 John Opie, English painter, born in Trevellas, Cornwall (d. 1807)
- 1761-06-03 Henry Shrapnel, English Army officer and inventor (created the shrapnel shell), born in Wiltshire, England (d. 1842)
- 1761-11-22 Dorothy Jordan, Irish-English actress, courtesan, mistress of future King William IV of the United Kingdom, born in Waterford, Ireland (d. 1816)
- 1762-09-24 William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets), born in Kings Sutton, England (d. 1850)
- 1763-03-09 William Cobbett, English journalist and author, born in Farnham, Surrey (d. 1835)
- 1763-06-26 George Morland, English artist of rural landscapes, born in London (d. 1804)
- 1763-07-30 Samuel Rogers, English poet (Italy, a poem), born in Newington Cross, Islington, England (d. 1855)
- 1763-10-12 John Ross, English composer and organist, born in Newcastle upon Tyne (d. 1837)
- 1763-12-23 John Davy, English composer, born at Creedy Bridge, Devon (d. 1824)
- 1764-01-18 Samuel Whitbread, English politician, born in Cardington, Bedfordshire (d. 1815)
Charles Grey
1764-03-13 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Whig: 1830-34), born in Fallodon, Northumberland, England (d. 1845)
- 1764-04-03 John Abernethy, English surgeon, born in London, England (d. 1831)
- 1764-06-19 John Barrow, 1st Baronet, English statesman and founder of the Royal Geographical Society, born in Ulverston, Lancashire, England (d. 1848)
- 1764-07-09 Ann Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist (The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Romance of the Forest), born in London (d. 1823)
- 1764-09-17 John Goodricke, English deaf astronomer (first to notice that some variable stars were periodic), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1786)
Fletcher Christian
1764-09-25 Fletcher Christian, English sailor who led the mutiny on the HMS Bounty, born in Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England (d. ~1790-93)
- 1764-12-03 Mary Lamb, British author (Tales from Shakespeare), born in London, England (d. 1847)
- 1765-03-04 Charles Dibdin, British composer, author (Sea Songs), and actor, baptized in Hampshire, England (d. 1814)
- 1765-03-21 Henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat
- 1765-10-08 Harman Blennerhassett, Irish lawyer, born in Hampshire, England (d. 1831)
- 1766-02-24 Samuel Wesley, British organist and composer referred to as "The English Mozart" (Exultate Deo), born in Bristol, England
- 1766-08-06 William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (famous for discovering the chemical elements palladium and rhodium), born in East Dereham, Norfolk, England (d. 1828)
John Dalton
1766-09-06 John Dalton, English physicist and chemist who developed the atomic theory of matter and researched colour blindness, born in Eaglesfield, England (d. 1844)
- 1768-04-19 Adrian Hardy Haworth, English entomologist and botanist, born in Hull, England (d. 1833)
- 1768-05-17 Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general, born in London (d. 1854)
- 1768-11-08 Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, 6th child and second daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte, born in London (d. 1840)
- 1768-12-22 John Crome (Old Crome), English landscape artist, born in Norwich, England (d. 1821)
- 1769-03-10 Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist and tunnel builder (Williamson tunnels in Liverpool), born in West Riding, England (d. 1840)
- 1769-04-13 Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter, born in Bristol, England (d. 1830)
- 1770-03-13 Daniel Lambert, English gaol keep and famous for his unusually large size (weighed 739 lbs (334 kg) at death), born in Blue Boar Lane, Leicester (d. 1809)
William Wordsworth
1770-04-07 William Wordsworth, English poet laureate (The Prelude), born in Cockermouth, Cumberland (d. 1850)
George Canning
1770-04-11 George Canning, British Prime Minister (Tory: 1827) and Foreign Secretary, born in London, England (d. 1827)
- 1770-04-30 David Thompson, English-Canadian explorer (Columbia River), born in Westminster, England (d. 1857)
- 1771-05-14 Robert Owen, Welsh factory owner and utopian socialist, born in Newtown, Wales (d. 1858)
- 1771-08-22 Henry Maudslay, English inventor of the metal lathe, born in Woolwich, London (d. 1831)
- 1771-12-25 Dorothy Wordsworth, English poet, diarist and sister of William Wordsworth, born in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England (d. 1855)
- 1772-05-20 William Congreve, English artillery officer and inventor who designed fire rockets, born in London (d. 1829)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1772-10-21 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English romantic poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner), born in Ottery St Mary, Devon (d. 1834)
- 1773-01-09 Cassandra Austen, English watercolorist and sister of Jane Austen (d. 1845)
- 1773-05-19 Arthur Aikin, English mineralogist (d. 1854)
- 1773-12-27 George Cayley, England, found science of aerodynamics
Matthew Flinders
1774-03-16 Matthew Flinders, English explorer, Navigator and cartographer who was 1st to circumnavigate Australia, born in Donington, England (d. 1814) [1]
- 1774-03-20 John Braham, English tenor singer and composer, born in London (d. 1856)
- 1774-04-28 Francis Baily, English astronomer and describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse, born in Newbury, Berkshire, England (d. 1844)
- 1774-08-12 Robert Southey, English writer (The Story of the Three Bears), Poet Laureate (1813-43) and biographer (Nelson), born in Bristol, England (d. 1843)
- 1775-02-10 Charles Lamb, British critic/poet/essayist (Essays of Elia), born in London, England (d. 1834)
- 1775-02-18 Thomas Girtin, artist/watercolorist, born in London, England
J. M. W. Turner
1775-04-23 J. M. W. Turner, English landscape painter (Shipwreck, Rain, Steam and Speed), born in Covent Garden, London (d. 1851)
- 1775-07-09 Matthew Lewis, English novelist (The Monk), born in London (d. 1818)
- 1776-02-23 John Walter II, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47), born in London, England
- 1776-06-11 John Constable, English landscape painter (Hay Wain), born in East Bergholt, Suffolk, England (d. 1837)
- 1777-10-06 William Russell, English composer and organist, born in London (d. 1813)
- 1778-04-10 William Hazlitt, English essayist and critic, born in Kent, England (d. 1830)
- 1778-06-07 Beau [George Bryan] Brummel, English dandy, born in London, England (d. 1840)
- 1778-12-17 Humphry Davy, English chemist, studied electro-chemistry, invented the Davy lamp), born in Penzance, Cornwall, England (d. 1829)
Joseph Grimaldi
1778-12-18 Joseph Grimaldi, English pantomimist and the "greatest clown in history", born in London (d. 1837)
- 1779-01-01 William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)
Peter Mark Roget
1779-01-18 Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (Roget's Thesaurus) and inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard), born in London (d. 1869)
- 1779-02-27 Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)
Elizabeth Fry
1780-05-21 Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, social reformer and Quaker Minister, born in Norwich, England (d. 1845)
- 1780-06-03 William Hone, English author and bookseller (Every-Day Book)
George Stephenson
1781-06-09 George Stephenson, English engineer known as the "Father of Railways" (Locomotion No. 1, Standard Gauge), born in Newcastle, England
- 1782-06-19 John Bray, English-born American actor and composer (The Indian Princess) (d. 1822)
Charles Napier
1782-08-10 Charles Napier, British soldier and Major General of the Bombay Army who conquered Sindh and became its Governor (1843-47), born in Whitehall Palace, London (d. 1853)
- 1783-04-08 John Claudius Loudon, Scottish horticulturist, born in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1843)
- 1783-04-29 David Cox, English painter (Treatise on landscape painting), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1856)
- 1783-08-23 William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer, born in Bristol, England (d. 1852)
- 1784-02-03 John Fane, British politician, diplomat (11th Earl of Westmoreland), and composer (Royal Academy of Music, 1830), born in Piccadilly, London (d. 1859)
- 1784-07-27 George Onslow, English-French composer (chamber music), born in Clermont-Ferrand, France (d. 1853)
- 1785-07-06 William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and director (Kew Gardens), born in Norwich, England
- 1785-08-15 Thomas De Quincey, English writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater), born in Manchester (d. 1859)
- 1785-09-25 George Pinto [Sanders], British violin prodigy, keyboard virtuoso, and composer,, born in Lambeth, South London (d. 1806)
- 1785-10-18 Thomas Love Peacock, English author (Headlong Hall)
- 1785-10-20 George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (d. 1873)
- 1785-11-13 Caroline Lamb, English aristocrat, author (Glenarvon), wife of William Lamb, lover of Lord Byron (d. 1828)
- 1786-01-11 Joseph Jackson Lister, British optician who perfected the optical microscope by designing the achromatic objective lens, born in London, England
- 1786-01-12 Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (d. 1855)
- 1786-12-05 Henry Drummond, English banker and religious leader, born in The Grange, Hampshire (d. 1860)
- 1787-03-10 William Etty, English painter of historical nudes, born in York, England (d. 1849)
- 1787-08-24 James Weddell, British sailor and Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea), born in Ostend, Belgium (d. 1834)
- 1787-11-04 Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean actor (Edmund Kean's Masonic Career), born in London, England (d. 1833)
- 1787-12-09 John Dobson, English architect, born in High Chirton, North Shields, England (d. 1865)
- 1787-12-15 Charles Cowden Clarke, English editor and Shakespearean critic, born in Enfield, Middlesex, England (d. 1877)
- 1787-12-16 Mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855)
- 1788-01-11 William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866)
Lord Byron
1788-01-22 Lord Byron [George Gordon Byron], English romantic poet (Don Juan), born in London (d. 1824)
Robert Peel
1788-02-05 Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British Prime Minister (Tory/Conservative/Peelite: 1834-35; 1841-46), founder of the British Conservative Party and the modern police force (Bobbies), born in Bury, Lancashire, England (d. 1850)
- 1788-08-22 Thomas Tredgold, British civil engineer (railway design), carpenter, and writer (Elementary Principles of Carpentry), born in Brandon, Durham, England (d. 1829)
- 1788-09-22 Theodore Hook, English author, famous practical joker and recipient of the world's 1st postcard, born in London (d. 1841)
- 1788-09-30 FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, British Army officer (commander of the British forces during the Crimean War), born in Badminton, England (d. 1855)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 601 - 700 of 2,331
- 1690-05-21 John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85
- 1691-02-01 George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56
- 1691-05-10 Colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615)
- 1691-10-09 William Sacheverell, English statesman (b. 1638)
- 1691-12-08 Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615)
- 1691-12-31 Dudley North, English economist (b. 1641)
- 1692-05-18 Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian & collector (Ashmolean Museum), dies at 74
- 1692-11-19 Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright (2nd Poet Laureate 1689-92), dies at about 50
- 1692-12-09 William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist, dies at approximately 38
- 1693-06-02 John Wildman, English soldier and politician
- 1693-07-12 John Ashby, English admiral
- 1694-01-02 Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician, dies at 42
- 1694-01-07 Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general (bc. 1618)
- 1694-06-17 Philip Howard, English Roman Catholic Cardinal, dies at 64
- 1694-12-28 Mary II, Queen of England Scotland and Ireland, dies after 5 years of rule at 32
- 1695-01-07 Mary II, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, wife of William III, dies of smallpox at 32 [OS=Dec 28 1694]
- 1695-03-05 Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
John Trenchard
1695-04-27 John Trenchard, English radical Whig politician and statesman, dies at 46
- 1695-11-21 Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (Indian Queen), dies at 36
- 1695-11-28 Anthony Wood, English antiquarian, dies at 62
- 1696-03-18 Robert Charnock, English conspirator
- 1697-01-28 John Fenwick, English conspirator
- 1697-03-27 Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate, last governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, dies at 93
- 1699-01-21 Obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616)
- 1699-02-27 Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625)
- 1699-05-15 Edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)
- 1699-06-22 Josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630)
- 1699-11-09 Hortense Mancini, mistress of Charles II, King of England (b. 1646)
- 1700-05-01 John Dryden, English poet and playwright, first Poet Laureate (1668-1688), dies at 68
- 1701-08-20 Charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639)
- 1701-08-22 John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman, dies at 72
- 1701-09-16 James II of England and James VII of Scotland [Stuart], King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1685-88), dies at 68
- 1701-10-03 Joseph Williamson, English politician (b. 1633)
- 1701-11-05 Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-born English politician, dies at about 40
- 1702-01-06 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [NS=Jan 17]
- 1702-01-17 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [OS=Jan 6]
William III
1702-03-08 William III, William of Orange, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1689-1702) and Stadtholder, dies of pneumonia at 51
- 1702-04-23 Margaret Fell, English founder of the Religious Society of Friends known as the "mother of Quakerism," dies at about 87
- 1702-11-04 John Benbow, English vice-admiral (Santa Marta), dies
- 1703-04-20 Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)
Samuel Pepys
1703-05-26 Samuel Pepys, English navy administrator and Member of Parliament famous for his Diary of the English Restoration period, dies at 70
John Wallis
1703-10-28 John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer who introduced ∞ as a symbol for infinity, dies at 86
- 1704-04-08 Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman, dies at 63
- 1704-06-18 Thomas "Tom" Brown, English translator and writer of satire (Amusements Serious and Comical, calculated for the Meridian of London), dies at 41
- 1704-07-20 Peregrine White, First English child born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, dies at 83
John Locke
1704-10-28 John Locke, English empiricist philosopher; influential Enlightenment thinker and "Father of Liberalism" (Two Treatises of Government), dies at 72
- 1705-01-17 John Ray, English naturalist (b. 1627)
- 1705-07-13 Titus Oates, English Protestant conspirator, dies at 55
- 1705-11-30 Catherine of Braganza, Portuguese Roman Catholic Queen of Charles II of England, dies at 67
- 1706-01-29 Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)
- 1707-01-20 Humphrey Hody, English theologian (b. 1659)
- 1707-06-23 John Mill, English theologian
- 1707-08-18 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English statesman and Whig politician (1661-84), dies at 67
- 1707-09-15 George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
- 1708-01-23 Thomas Bullis, English composer, dies at 80 (buried)
- 1708-09-06 Sir John Morden, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1623)
- 1708-10-28 Prince George of Denmark, Prince Consort of Anne of England, dies at 55
- 1709-01-24 George Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650)
- 1709-03-08 William Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62
- 1709-03-09 Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat, dies at 70
- 1709-07-17 Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (b. 1646)
- 1709-10-09 Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, English mistress of Charles II of England, dies at 68
- 1709-11-23 Hans Willem baron Bentinck, Dutch-English earl of Portland, dies at 60
- 1710-04-28 Thomas Betterton, British actor & dramatist (Coriolanus), dies at 74
- 1711-03-19 Thomas Ken, English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637)
- 1711-05-02 Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641)
- 1711-08-25 Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician
- 1712-02-02 Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician
- 1712-03-25 Nehemiah Grew, English naturalist (b. 1641)
- 1712-07-12 Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (1658-59), dies at 85
- 1712-07-26 Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80
- 1712-08-03 Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654)
- 1712-08-18 Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier
- 1712-08-24 Thomas Bullis, Jr. English composer, dies at 54
- 1712-08-29 Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63
- 1712-11-15 Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. 1675)
- 1712-12-15 Sidney 1st earl of Godolphine, English minister of Finance, dies at 67
- 1713-05-20 Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635)
- 1713-11-07 Elizabeth Barry, English restoration actress, dies at 55
- 1713-11-20 Thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel), dies at 74
- 1713-12-14 Thomas Rymer, English historian, dies at 72
- 1714-02-24 Edmund Andros, English governor in North America, dies at 76
- 1714-06-22 Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (b. 1662)
Anne Stuart
1714-08-01 Anne Stuart, Queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49
- 1714-08-26 Edward Fowler, English Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1632)
- 1715-08-12 Nahum Tate, English poet/playwright/poet laureate, dies
- 1715-10-15 Humphry Ditton, English mathematician, dies at 40
- 1715-12-15 George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73
- 1716-04-26 John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England, dies at 65
- 1716-06-05 Roger Cotes, English mathematician (Newton-Cates formulas), dies at 33
- 1716-06-28 George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general (b. 1665)
- 1716-07-08 Robert South, English churchman (b. 1634)
- 1717-10-26 Catherine Sedley, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1657)
- 1718-01-06 Richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (b. 1648)
- 1718-02-01 Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, dies at 57
- 1718-02-18 Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663)
- 1718-05-07 Mary of Modena, Queen of James II of England, dies at 59
William Penn
1718-07-30 William Penn, English Philosopher, Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania (No cross, no crown), dies at 73
Blackbeard
1718-11-22 Blackbeard, notorious English pirate, dies in battle at 38
- 1718-12-06 Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (Tamerlane) Poet Laureate (1715-18), dies at 45