Events from the year 1708 in Great Britain.

1708 in Great Britain
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  • Wilbury House in Wiltshire, designed by William Benson, is completed.
  • The second Eddystone Lighthouse, erected by John Rudyerd, is first illuminated.[7]
  • Edward Lhuyd becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society.
  • The Parliament of Great Britain passes an act prohibiting the British government from accepting plunder taken by privateers.[8]
  • Merger (with consent of Parliament) of the Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies and the more recently established English Company Trading to the East Indies to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies, known as the Honourable East India Company.[9]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 292. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  2. ^ a b Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 205–206. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  3. ^ "Union with Scotland (Amendment ) Act 1707". Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  4. ^ St. Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London, 604-2004. 2004. p. 366. ISBN 0-300-09276-8.
  5. ^ Simpson, W. Sparrow (1892-10-08). "The Screw Plot". Notes and Queries (41).
  6. ^ "Stamps celebrate St Paul's with Wren epitaph". Evening Standard. London. 13 May 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
  7. ^ Majdalany, Fred (1959). The Red Rocks of Eddystone. London: Longmans. p. 86.
  8. ^ Pringle, Patrick (2001). Jolly Roger: the Story of the Great Age of Piracy. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications. pp. 98, 177. ISBN 0-486-41823-5.
  9. ^ Landow, George P. (2010). "The British East India Company – the Company that Owned a Nation (or Two)". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
  11. ^ "History of William Pitt 'The Elder', 1st Earl of Chatham - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2023.