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Events from the year 1711 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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24 February - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.^[1]
1 March - First edition of the magazine The Spectator published.^[2]
23 May - Robert Harley made Earl of Oxford.
29 May - Harley made Lord High Treasurer.
11 August - The first race meeting is held at Ascot Racecourse.^[3]
8 September - The South Sea Company receives a Royal Charter.^[4]
15 December - Occasional Conformity Act bars noncomformists and Roman Catholics from public office.^[5]
31 December - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough is replaced by James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde as the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
^ "Icons, a portrait of England 1700-1750". http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1700-1750. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
^ "Royal Charters, Privy Council website". http://www.privy-council.org.uk/output/page44.asp. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 208–209. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.