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Great Britain-related events during the year of 1771
Events from the year 1771 in Great Britain .
Incumbents
Events
22 January –
Spain cedes the
Falkland Islands to Britain.
[2]
15 March –
Society of Civil Engineers first meets (in
London ), the world's oldest engineering society.
[3]
[4]
12 July –
first voyage of James Cook (begun
1768 ):
HMS Endeavour anchors in
The Downs , and
Captain Cook goes ashore at
Deal, Kent , following his global
circumnavigation .
8 August – first recorded town cricket match played at
Horsham ;
Horsham Cricket Club formed here soon after 1806.
[5]
17 August –
Edinburgh
botanist
James Robertson makes the first recorded ascent of
Ben Nevis .
30 September –
Bath Assembly Rooms completed.
2 October –
Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn , brother to the King, marries a commoner, the widow
Anne Horton , in
Mayfair , precipitating the
Royal Marriages Act 1772 .
16 November –
Several rivers flood in northern England, destroying many bridges and killing several people.
[6]
[7]
Undated
Publications
Births
Deaths
See also
References
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"History of Lord Frederick North - GOV.UK" . www.gov.uk . Retrieved 1 July 2023 .
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b
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Cassell's Chronology of World History . London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp.
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^ Watson, Garth (1989). The Smeatonians: The Society of Civil Engineers . London: Thomas Telford.
ISBN
978-0-7277-1526-5 .
^ Roberts, Gwilym (1995). From Kendal's Coffee House to Great George Street . London: Thomas Telford.
ISBN
978-0-7277-2022-1 .
^
"Horsham Cricket Club History" . Horsham Cricket Club. Archived from
the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011 .
^ "Newcastle". Newcastle Courant . 23 November 1771. p. 2.
^ McEwen, Lindsey J.; Withers, Charles W. J. (1989). "Historical records and geomorphological events: the 1771 'eruption' of Solway Moss".
Scottish Geographical Magazine . 105 (3): 149–157.
doi :
10.1080/14702548908554428 .
^
"BBC History British History Timeline" . Archived from
the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007 .
^ Marshall, P. J. (September 2004).
"Hastings, Warren (1732–1818)" .
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography .
doi :
10.1093/ref:odnb/12587 . Retrieved 1 November 2011 . (subscription or
UK public library membership required)
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Keene, Henry George (1891).
"Hastings, Warren" . In
Stephen, Leslie ;
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