June – The Worcester Post-Man is first published in Worcester; as Berrow's Worcester Journal it will continue to be published as a newspaper more than 300 years later.[10]
9 July – Christopher Slaughterford of London is executed in Guildford for the murder of Jane Young, his fiancée. He is the first person in modern England executed for murder based exclusively on circumstantial evidence, and he maintains his innocence to the last.
9 October – War of the Spanish Succession: British army captures Mons.[1]
11 November – Henry Sacheverell preaches an incendiary sermon The Perils of False Brethren at St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London which leads to his impeachment by Parliament.
25 December – ten ships leave for the New York Colony from London carrying over 4,000 people.
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Enactment of Britain's first copyright law, the Statute of Anne, coming into effect on 10 April 1710.[4]
The earliest known cricket match involving county teams played is between Kent and Surrey.[11]
Publication of The Works of Mr William Shakespearedited by dramatist Nicholas Rowe, the first modern edition of Shakespeare's plays, including scene divisions, dramatis personæ and a prefatory account of Shakespeare's life, the first substantial biography of him.
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1709 in Great Britain: