THE

Hiftorical Regifter,

CONTAINING

An Impartial RELATION of all
TRANSACTIONS, both Civil and Mi-
litary, Foreign and Domeftick.

WITH A

Chronological Diary

OF

The moft Remarkable EVENTS and
Publick OCCURRENCES.

VIZ.

Affairs of the feveral Nations of EUROPE,
Births, Marriages, Deaths, Removals, Promotions,
c. that happen'd from the laft Day of July,
1714, to the first Day of January, 1716; being
the firft Seventeen Months of the Reign of King
GEORGE.

Together with

The Characters and Parentage of Perfons of
eminent Rank, who departed this Life, during that
Time.

In Two VOLUMES.

LONDON: Printed, and Sold by C. Meere in the
Old Baily; C. King in Westminster-Hall, R. Gofting
and J. Pemberton in Fleet-freet; F, Fayram in Corn-
hill; and J. Peele in Pater-nofter Row.' 1724.

THE

Hiftorical Regifter,

CONTAINING

An Impartial RELATION of all TRANSACTIONS, both Civil and Military, Foreign and Domeftick, that happen'd during the firft Seventeen Months of the Reign of King GEORGE.

VOLUME I.

Wherein is contain'd,

I. The Introduction, giving an Account of the
Settlement of the Succeffion to the Crown in the
moft Illuftrious Houfe of Hanover; and of Queen
Anne's Sicknefs and Death.

II. Proceedings of the Second Seffion of the Fourth
Parliament of Great Britain, being the laft of
Queen Anne's Reign.

III. The Proclaiming of King George; his Journey
from Hanover, Arrival in England, Entry into
London, Goronation, &c.

IV. Memorials, c. relating to the Demolition of
Dunkirk, and the Canal and Port which the French
King intended to make at Mardyke.

V. Proceedings of the Fifth Parliament of Great
Britain (being the Firft of King George's Reign)
'till January 9, 1716, where the Quarterly Hifto
rical Regifters began.

VI. Abstract of the Report of the Committee of
Secrecy.

VII. Articles of Impeachment against Robert Earl of
Oxford, and Earl Mortimer.

LONDON: Printed, and Sold by C. Meere in the
Old Baily. M.DCC.XXIV.

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THE

PREFACE.

HE following Sheets are

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intended as an Addition to the Hiftorical Registers already publifh'd; and to render that Work a compleat Narrative of all the remarkable Occurrences that have happen'd during the whole Reign of his prefent Majefty King GEORGE, to this Time. For that Undertaking not having been attempted till the Beginning of the Year 1716, the remarkable Events of the firft Seventeen Months of the King, computing from the Death of Queen ANNE, remain unaccounted for in our for

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