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Political and Technological Developments Through Time [9-18]
United Kingdom
1660 AD - (01 Jan) - Samuel Pepys starts his diary
- (29 May) - Charles II is restored to the throne
1665 AD - (Mar) - Great Plague of London begins
1666 AD - - Great Fire of London destroys two-thirds of the city
1667 AD - (Jun) - Dutch ships attack the English fleet in the Medway
1672 AD - - Royal African Company is established to regulate the African slave trade
1673 AD - (29 Mar) - Test Act excludes Catholics from public office
1677 AD - (04 Nov) - Mary Stuart marries William of Orange, Charles I’s grandson
1678 AD - - ‘Popish Plot’ to murder Charles II is ‘revealed’
1685 AD - (06 Feb) - Charles II dies and James II accedes to the throne
- (05 Jul) - James II defeats James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, at Sedgemoor, Somerset
1688 AD - (10 Jun) - Birth of James II’s son sparks popular outrage
- (05 Nov) - William of Orange lands with an army at Torbay
1689 AD - (13 Feb) - William and Mary are formally proclaimed king and queen
- (Mar) - James II lands in Kinsale with a French army
- (27 Jul) - Jocobite Highlanders defeat William II’s troops in the Battle of Lilliecrankie
- (16 Dec) - ‘Bill of Rights’ is confirmed by an act of Parliament
1690 AD - (01 Jul) - William II defeats James II at the Battle of the Boyne, Ireland
1692 AD - (13 Feb) - Government troops massacre the MacIains of Glencoe
1694 AD - - Bank of England is established to manage mounting debts
- (28 Dec) - Mary dies, leaving William II to rule alone
1699 AD - - 80% of those living in the Caribbean are African slaves
1701 AD - (12 Jun) - Act of settlement places the House of Hanover in line for the English throne
- (Sept) - English, Dutch and Austrians sign the Treaty of the Grand Alliance
1702 AD - (08 Mar) - William II dies and Anne accedes to the throne
1704 AD - (13 Aug) - John Churchill, Duke of Malborough, defeats the French at Blenheim
1707 AD - (Mar) - Act of Union of England and Scotland is ratified
1713 AD - (Apr) - Treaty of Utrcht ends a decade of war in Europe
1714 AD - (01 Aug) - Anne dies and George I accedes to the throne
1715-16 AD - (Sept-Feb) - First major ‘jocobite’ rising begins
1718 AD - - British convicts start being transported to penal colonies overseas
1720 AD - (Oct-Nov) - ‘South Sea Bubble’ bursts and triggers a financial panic
1721 AD - (Apr) - Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister
1723 AD - - Poaching becomes a capital offence
1727 AD - (11 Jan) - George I dies and is succeeded by the second Hanoverian king, George II
1733 AD - (Mar- Apr) - Exercise crisis shakes Sir Robert Walpole’s administration
1739 AD - - Methodist preachers begin their mission to the poor
- (19 Oct) - Britain declares war on Spain and the ‘War of Jenkins’s Ear’ begins
1740-44 AD - - George Anson sails around the world
1742 AD - (11 Feb) - Sir Robert Walpole resigns as Prime Minister
- (13 Apr) - Handel’s ‘Messiah’ gets its first performance, in Dublin
1743 AD - (27 June) - George II becomes the last British Monarch to lead his army into battle
1745 AD - (23 Jul) - ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ lands in Scotland to claim the British throne
1746 AD - (16 Apr) - Jocobites are defeated at Culloden, the last battle on British soil
1747 AD - - Liverpool overtakes Bristol as Britain’s busiest slave trading port
1750 AD - - Scottish landlords start evicting tenants in the Highland Clearances
1756 AD - - ‘Seven years’ War between Britain and France begins
- (29 May) - Charles II is restored to the throne
1665 AD - (Mar) - Great Plague of London begins
1666 AD - - Great Fire of London destroys two-thirds of the city
1667 AD - (Jun) - Dutch ships attack the English fleet in the Medway
1672 AD - - Royal African Company is established to regulate the African slave trade
1673 AD - (29 Mar) - Test Act excludes Catholics from public office
1677 AD - (04 Nov) - Mary Stuart marries William of Orange, Charles I’s grandson
1678 AD - - ‘Popish Plot’ to murder Charles II is ‘revealed’
1685 AD - (06 Feb) - Charles II dies and James II accedes to the throne
- (05 Jul) - James II defeats James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, at Sedgemoor, Somerset
1688 AD - (10 Jun) - Birth of James II’s son sparks popular outrage
- (05 Nov) - William of Orange lands with an army at Torbay
1689 AD - (13 Feb) - William and Mary are formally proclaimed king and queen
- (Mar) - James II lands in Kinsale with a French army
- (27 Jul) - Jocobite Highlanders defeat William II’s troops in the Battle of Lilliecrankie
- (16 Dec) - ‘Bill of Rights’ is confirmed by an act of Parliament
1690 AD - (01 Jul) - William II defeats James II at the Battle of the Boyne, Ireland
1692 AD - (13 Feb) - Government troops massacre the MacIains of Glencoe
1694 AD - - Bank of England is established to manage mounting debts
- (28 Dec) - Mary dies, leaving William II to rule alone
1699 AD - - 80% of those living in the Caribbean are African slaves
1701 AD - (12 Jun) - Act of settlement places the House of Hanover in line for the English throne
- (Sept) - English, Dutch and Austrians sign the Treaty of the Grand Alliance
1702 AD - (08 Mar) - William II dies and Anne accedes to the throne
1704 AD - (13 Aug) - John Churchill, Duke of Malborough, defeats the French at Blenheim
1707 AD - (Mar) - Act of Union of England and Scotland is ratified
1713 AD - (Apr) - Treaty of Utrcht ends a decade of war in Europe
1714 AD - (01 Aug) - Anne dies and George I accedes to the throne
1715-16 AD - (Sept-Feb) - First major ‘jocobite’ rising begins
1718 AD - - British convicts start being transported to penal colonies overseas
1720 AD - (Oct-Nov) - ‘South Sea Bubble’ bursts and triggers a financial panic
1721 AD - (Apr) - Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister
1723 AD - - Poaching becomes a capital offence
1727 AD - (11 Jan) - George I dies and is succeeded by the second Hanoverian king, George II
1733 AD - (Mar- Apr) - Exercise crisis shakes Sir Robert Walpole’s administration
1739 AD - - Methodist preachers begin their mission to the poor
- (19 Oct) - Britain declares war on Spain and the ‘War of Jenkins’s Ear’ begins
1740-44 AD - - George Anson sails around the world
1742 AD - (11 Feb) - Sir Robert Walpole resigns as Prime Minister
- (13 Apr) - Handel’s ‘Messiah’ gets its first performance, in Dublin
1743 AD - (27 June) - George II becomes the last British Monarch to lead his army into battle
1745 AD - (23 Jul) - ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ lands in Scotland to claim the British throne
1746 AD - (16 Apr) - Jocobites are defeated at Culloden, the last battle on British soil
1747 AD - - Liverpool overtakes Bristol as Britain’s busiest slave trading port
1750 AD - - Scottish landlords start evicting tenants in the Highland Clearances
1756 AD - - ‘Seven years’ War between Britain and France begins
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