The Age Of Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
The Maxims And Reflections Of Burke selected and edited by F.W. Rafferty

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