1722 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1722 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George I of Great Britain
- Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig
[edit] Events
- 17 October - Habeas Corpus Act suspended following the discovery of a Jacobite plot by Francis Atterbury, the Bishop of Rochester, in support of the pretender James Francis Edward Stuart.[1]
[edit] Undated
- Construction begins of Senate House at the University of Cambridge, designed by James Gibbs.[1]
[edit] Publications
- Daniel Defoe's novel Moll Flanders.[1]
[edit] Births
- 26 January - Alexander Carlyle, church leader (died 1805)
- April - Joseph Warton, poet and critic (died 1800)
- 11 April - Christopher Smart, poet (died 1771)
- 16 July - Joseph Wilton, sculptor (died 1803)
- 11 August - Richard Brocklesby, physician (died 1797)
- 16 September - Gabriel Christie, general (died 1799)
- 22 September - John Home, dramatist (died 1808)
- 5 November - William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, dueler (died 1798)
- 30 December - Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1770)
- date unknown - Flora MacDonald, Jacobite (died 1790)
[edit] Deaths
- 20 January - Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester (born c. 1656)
- 21 January - Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, supporter of William III of England (born 1661)
- 10 February - Bartholomew Roberts, pirate (born 1682)
- 19 April - Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, statesman (born c. 1674)
- 16 June - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, general (born 1650)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 298. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
[edit] See also
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