| 17xx | Event |
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| 27 | George II. Sir R. Walpole, First Minister |
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| 37 | Gibbon born |
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| 38 | The Wesleyan Methodist Society |
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| 42 | Sir R. Walpole resigned |
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| 45 | Henry Pelbam's Administration; The Young Pretender's Rising. Swift died |
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| 48 | Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. Bentham born |
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| 54 | Duke of Newcastle's Ministry |
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| 57 | Newcastle and Pitt. Battle ot Plassey |
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| 59 | Wolfe captured Quebec |
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| 60 | George III. |
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| 62 | Bute Prime Minister |
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| 63 | Peace of Paris. George Grenville Prime Minister |
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| 64 | Expulsion of Wilkes |
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| 65 | The American Stamp Act |
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| 66 | Rockingham's Declaratory Act;
Repeal of Stamp Act; Grafton (Chatham) Ministry |
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| 67 | Charles Townshend's Excise Act |
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| 69 | Letters of Junius |
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| 70 | Lord North Prime Minister. Wordsworth born |
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| 71 | Beginning of Parliamentary Reports |
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| 74 | Boston Port Bill |
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| 75 | Battle of Lexington |
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| 76 | American Declaration of Independence;
Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" |
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| 78 | Death of Chatham |
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| 81 | Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown |
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| 82 | Rockingham's Second Ministry. Shelburne's Ministry |
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| 83 | The coalition Ministry. Pitt's Ministry |
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| 84 | Johnson died |
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| 85 | Pitt's Irish Proposals |
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| 87 | Commercial Treaty with France |
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| 88 | Regency Debate |
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| 89 | The French Revolution |
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| 90 | John Howard died |
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| 92 | The United Irishmen |
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| 93 | War declared against France. The first Coalition |
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| 94 | Lord Howe's victory. The Reign of Terror |
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| 95 | The Directory established. Carlyle born |
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| 96 | Pitt's Negotiations For Peace |
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| 97 | England alone against France. Mutiny at Spithead & The Nore. Battle of Camperdown |
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