1715 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1715 in Great Britain.

1715 in Great Britain:
Other years
1713 | 1714 | 1715 | 1716 | 1717
Countries of the United Kingdom
Scotland

Incumbents

Events

Undated

  • The Septennial Act extends the maximum duration of Parliaments from three years to seven (in effect from 1716 to 2011).[8]
  • Colen Campbell begins publication of his pattern book Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect.
  • Elizabeth Elstob publishes the first grammar of Old English, The Rudiments of Grammar for the English-Saxon Tongue, first given in English; with an apology for the study of northern antiquities.

Art and literature

Births

Deaths

See also

References

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  2. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 294–295. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  3. Cates, William L. R. (1863). The Pocket Date Book. Chapman and Hall.
  4. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  5. "Trading Places: Old Dock History". Liverpool Museums. Archived from the original on 24 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  6. "Liverpool: The docks". A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4. British History Online. 1911. pp. 41–43. Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  7. Boden, Anthony (2007). "Three Choirs: A History of the Festival". Three Choirs Festival. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  8. "Septennial Act". UK Statute Law Database. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  9. "Elisabeth Haselwood | National Museum of Women in the Arts". nmwa.org. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
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