| The Age Of Edmund Burke (1729-1797) |
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| Date | Event |
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| 1727 | George II. Sir R. Walpole, First Minister |
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| 1737 | Gibbon born. |
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| 1738 | The Wesleyan Methodist Society. |
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| 1742 | Sir R. Walpole resigned. |
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| 1745 | Henry Pelbam's Administration. The Young Pretender's Rising. Swift died. |
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| 1748 | Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. Bentham born. |
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| 1754 | Duke of Newcastle's Ministry. |
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| 1757 | Newcastle and Pitt. Battle ot Plassey. |
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| 1759 | Wolfe captured Quebec |
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| 1760 | George III. |
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| 1762 | Bute Prime Minister. |
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| 1763 | Peace of Paris. George Grenville Prime Minister. |
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| 1764 | Expulsion of Wilkes. |
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| 1765 | The American Stamp Act. |
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| 1766 | Rockingham's Declaratory Act. Repeal of Stamp Act. Grafton (Chatham) Ministry. |
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| 1767 | Charles Townshend's Excise Act. |
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| 1769 | Letters of Junius |
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| 1770 | Lord North Prime Minister. Wordsworth born. |
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| 1771 | Beginning of Parliamentary Reports. |
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| 1774 | Boston Port Bill. |
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| 1775 | Battle of Lexington.. |
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| 1776 | American Declaration of Independence. Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations." |
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| 1778 | Death of Chatham. |
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| 1781 | Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. |
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| 1782 | Rockingham's Second Ministry. Shelburne's Ministry. |
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| 1783 | The coalition Ministry. Pitt's Ministry. |
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| 1784 | Johnson died. |
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| 1785 | Pitt's Irish Proposals. |
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| 1787 | Commercial Treaty with France. |
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| 1788 | Regency Debate. |
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| 1789 | The French Revolution. |
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| 1790 | John Howard died. |
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| 1792 | The United Irishmen. |
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| 1793 | War declared against France. The first Coalition. |
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| 1794 | Lord Howe's victory. The Reign of Terror. |
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| 1795 | The Directory established. Carlyle born. |
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| 1796 | Pitt's Negotiations For Peace |
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| 1797 | England alone against France. Mutiny at Spithead and The Nore. Battle of Camperdown |
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