1704 in England

Events from the year 1704 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Anne of Great Britain

Events

* 18 May - Robert Harley becomes Secretary of State for the Northern Department.citebook|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=290]
* 4 August - War of the Spanish Succession: English forces under Sir George Rooke capture Gibraltar.
* 2 August - War of the Spanish Succession: At the Battle of Blenheim, English troops under John Churchill, the Earl of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeat Franco-Bavarian army.
* 13 August - French and English fleets clash off Málaga, causing heavy casualties in both sides but without sinking any ships.
* 3 November - Queen Anne's Bounty receives a Royal Charter. [ [http://www.privy-council.org.uk/output/page44.asp Royal Charters, Privy Council website] ]

Undated

* Beau Nash becomes master of ceremonies at Bath, and an arbiter of fashion.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 203-204|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]

Publications

* Isaac Newton's work "Opticks".
* John Harris's "Lexicon Technicum", an early encyclopedia.
* Daniel Defoe begins publication of "The Review", a weekly newspaper.
* Jonathan Swift's works "A Tale of a Tub" and "The Battle of the Books".

Births

* 1 January - Soame Jenyns, writer (died 1787)
* 10 April - Benjamin Heath, classical scholar (died 1766)
* 4 June - Benjamin Huntsman, inventor and manufacturer (died 1776)
* 17 June - John Kay, inventor (died 1780)
* 22 June - John Taylor, classical scholar (died 1766)
* 29 October - John Byng, admiral (died 1757)
* Eugene Aram, philologist and murderer (died 1759)

Deaths

* 8 April - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, statesman (born 1641)
* 18 June - Tom Brown, satirist (born 1662)
* 28 October - John Locke, philosopher (born 1632)
* 11 December - Roger L'Estrange, pamphleteer and author (born 1616)

References

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