1710 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1710 in Great Britain.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Anne

Events

 * January – food shortages in major cities due to the harsh winter.
 * 27 February–21 March – trial of Henry Sacheverell for preaching criticism of the Glorious Revolution which is considered subversive by the Whig government.
 * 1 March – riots in London, in support of Sacheverell.
 * 10 April – the Statute of Anne, the world's first copyright legislation, becomes effective.
 * 19 April – Queen Anne meets the Four Mohawk Kings in London.
 * 9 July – Louis XIV of France withdraws from peace negotiations with Britain taking place at Geertruidenberg.
 * 16 July – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Almenar: victory of the Habsburg monarchy in alliance with Britain against Bourbon Spain.
 * 9 August – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Saragossa: victory of the Habsburg monarchy in alliance with Britain against Bourbon Spain.
 * 11 August – a Tory administration is formed with Robert Harley as Chancellor of the Exchequer following the fall of the Whig government.
 * 13 October – Queen Anne's War: The French surrender ending the Siege of Port Royal gives the British permanent possession of Nova Scotia.
 * 25 November – following the general election, the fourth parliament of Queen Anne's reign is composed mainly of Tory MPs.
 * 8–9 December – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Brihuega: The British are defeated by French and Spanish troops.

Publications

 * John Arbuthnot's paper An Argument for Divine Providence, Taken From the Constant Regularity Observ'd in the Births of Both Sexes.

Births

 * 12 March – Thomas Augustine Arne, composer (died 1778)
 * 15 April – William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (died 1790)
 * 17 April – Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish Freemason (died 1767)
 * 25 April – James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer (died 1776)
 * 26 April – Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (died 1796)
 * 16 May – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, politician (died 1782)
 * 10 June – James Short, mathematician and optician (died 1768)
 * 13 August – William Heberden, physician (died 1801)
 * 19 August – Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, statesman (died 1763)
 * 20 August – Thomas Simpson, mathematician (died 1761)
 * 30 September – John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, statesman (d. 1771)
 * 24 October – Alban Butler, Catholic priest and writer (died 1773)
 * 8 November – Sarah Fielding, writer (died 1768)
 * 27 November – Robert Lowth, bishop and grammarian (died 1787)

Deaths

 * 1 January – William Bruce, Scottish architect (born c. 1630)
 * 5 March – John Holt, Lord Chief Justice (born 1642)
 * 28 April – Thomas Betterton, English actor (born c. 1635)
 * 1 June – David Mitchell, Scottish admiral (born 1642)