1710
Parliament passes the Copyright Act of 1709, the first copyright act which allowed for copyright to be regulated by the government rather than private parties.
1710
Christopher Wren's son places the final stone on the cathedral. The total cost of building the new cathedral was £850,000.
1712
The Stamp Act places duty on newspapers and advertisements.
1713
Daniel Brown is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1714
John Baskett is elected Master of Stationers' Company. He is re-elected in the following year.
1714
George I becomes King on 1 August and is crowned on 20 October.
1716
Nicholas Boddington is elected Master of Stationers' Company. He is re-elected the following year and so is Richard Mount.
1718
Richard Mount is re-elected Master of Stationers' Company for this and the following year.
1720
John Sprint is elected Master of Stationers' Company. He is re-elected the following year.
1722
John Knaplock is elected Master of Stationers' Company. He is re-elected in 1723 and 1724.
1723
Nathaniel Cole is appointed Clerk to Stationers' Company.
1725
John Walthoe is elected Master of Stationers' Company. He is re-elected the following year.
1727
James Knaptin is elected Master of Stationers' Company. He is re-elected in 1728, 1742, 1742 and 1744.
1727
George II becomes King on 22 (11 O.S.) October and is crowned on the same day.
1729
James Roberts is elected Master of Stationers' Company. He is elected to the post successively until 1732.
1731
The Gentleman's Magazine is first published in England, known as the first modern, general interest magazine. Its run continues until 1922.
1732
John Barber, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.
1732
The Theatre Royal is opened in Covent Garden by John Rich.
1733
William Mount is elected Master of Stationers' Company. He is re-elected in 1734 and 1735.
1736
Samuel Ashurt is elected Master of Stationers' Company. He is re-elected the following year.
1737
Prohibited any original plays to go on peBRFormance without the direct approval of the Lord Chamberlain. The passing of the bill in Parliament is reported by the Daily Post on 23 May: 'We hear that a Bill is ordered into Parliament for suppressing the great Number of Play-Houses or Plays of Interlude, so justly complained of...'
1738
Samuel Buckley is elected Master of Stationers' Company. He is re-elected the following year.
1740
James Round is elected Master of Stationers' Company. He is re-elected the following year.
1745
Thomas Brewer is elected Master of Stationers' Company. He is re-elected the following year.
1747
William Innys is elected Master of Stationers' Company. He is re-elected the following year.
1748
The Court Room is added to Stationers' Hall.
1749
Stephen Theodore Janssen is elected Master of Stationers' Company. He is re-elected in 1750.
1752
Thomas Ridge is elected Master of Stationers' Company. He is re-elected the following year.
1752
Parliament passes the Disorderly Houses Act meaning that any theatre which is deemed important does not need a license and that London magistrates could regulate theatres.
1753
Thomas Page is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1753
The British Museum Act combines the Cottonian, Harleian and Sloane collections of various objects, creating the British Museum.
1754
(Baronet) Sir Stephen Theodore Janssen, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.
1754
The current Master Thomas Page announces that he will not stand for a second term and proposes that no one should hold office for more than one year. This proposal was passed by the Court of Assistants in July.
1754
Samuel Richardson is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1755
John March is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1756
Francis Gosling is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1757
Thomas Wotton is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1758
Charles Hitch is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1759
Jacob Tonson is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1759
John Partridge is appointed Clerk to Stationers' Company.
1760
John Clarke is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1760
George III begins his reign in 1760.
1761
George III is crowned King on 22 Sep 1761.
1761
Allington Wilde is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1762
Journeymen are formally debarred from the livery.
1762
John Coles is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1763
Edward Say is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1764
Richard Brooke is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1765
Richard Manby is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1766
Henry Woodfall is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1767
John Vowell is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1768
James Bailey is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1769
Matthew Jennour is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1770
Paul Vaillant is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1771
Thomas Gamull and John Vowell are elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1772
Joshua Jennour is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1772
A patent is issued for the making of coloured inks.
1772
The Morning Post is founded: A London-based newspaper with a conservative leaning.
1773
John Beecroft is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1774
William Strahan is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1775
John Rivington is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1775
The Stationers’ Company loses its monopoly over the printing of almanacs after a heated legal case with the printer Thomas Carnan. The judges rule that the Company and the English Stock’s grant only covers approved almanacs and that not only could such copyright not last in perpetuity, but that they could not be granted exclusively.
1775
On May 29, the Court of Common Pleases decides that the King has no power to confine the publishing of all almanacks to one organisation.
1776
Robert Browne is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1776
Joseph Baldwin is appointed Clerk to Stationers' Company.
1777
Thomas Wright is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1778
Daniel Richards is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1779
Lockyer Davis is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1780
William Gill is elected Master of Stationer's Company.