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Date |
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| 1 | 1383 | - 1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
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| 2 | 1574 | - 1574—1738: Colonial State Papers published
continued to 1738
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| 3 | 1630 | - 1630—1750: Renaissance Period - Art and Antiques
- 1630—1750: Baroque Period (Art and Antiques)
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| 4 | 1636 | - 1636—1755: PRE-DEPORTATION PERIOD
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| 5 | 1666 | - 1666—1689: Considerable religious unrest on Scotland (The Covenanteers)
Covenanteers Rising at St. John's Town of Dalry
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| 6 | 1680 | - 1680—1770: Chinoiserie Period (Art and Antiques)
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| 7 | 1685 | - 2 Jun 1685—13 Feb 1689: James II
House of Stuart (restored): 2nd son of Charles I. Deposed 1688, interregnum Dec 11, 1688, to Feb 13, 1689
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| 8 | 1689 | - 1689—1689: Devonport naval dockyard established
- 1689—1702: King William III and Queen Mary II
King William III and Queen Mary II ( 1689 - 1702 ) {\n}{\n}1689 - Parliament draws up the Declaration of Right detailing the unconstitutional acts of James II. William and Mary become joint sovereigns.{\n}1689 - Bill of Rights is passed in Parliament.{\n}
- 1689—1689: Deposed James VII and II flees to Ireland
Defeated at the Battle of the Boyne (1690){\n}Earliest Royal Dutch Chapel registers{\n}Seige of Londonderry{\n}Toleration Act for Protestant non-conformists{\n}Battle of Killiecrankie in Scotland
- 1689—1697: King William's War
English Colonies vs France
- 1689—1701: French - Five Nations Indian war
- 13 Feb 1689—13 Feb 1689: William III and Mary II, daughter of James II, jointly take the throne (only William, however, has regal power)
- 12 Mar 1689—12 Mar 1689: Deposed James VII & II flees to Ireland - defeated at the Battle of the Boyne (1
Jul 1690)
- 24 May 1689—24 May 1689: Toleration Act passed for Protestant non-conformists
- 27 Jul 1689—27 Jul 1689: Battle of Killiecrankie in Scotland - Jacobites defeated Government troops but
at high cost
- 16 Dec 1689—16 Dec 1689: Bill of Rights passed by Parliament, ending King's divine right to raise taxes or
wage war
- 2 1689—28 Dec 1694: William III and Mary II
House of Stuart (restored): Son of William, Prince of Orange, by Mary, daughter of Charles I. Mary eldest daughter of James II. She died 1694.
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| 9 | 1690 | - 1690—1690: The British capture Port-Royal
Port-Royal is captured by the British. It will be renamed Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.
- 1690—1690: Great Synagogue founded
Presbyterian fonally established in Scotland{\n}Battle of the Boyne
- 1690—1690: Port-Royal captured
British capture Port-Royal and rename it to Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
- 1690—1690: The Presbyterian Church is permanently restored and becomes the Church of Scotland.
- 20 May 1690—20 May 1690: England passes Act of Grace, forgiving Roman Catholic followers of James II
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| 10 | 1691 | - 1691—1691: Earliest date in known German Lutheran registers
- 1691—1691: Newfoundland census
Census taken in Newfoundland
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| 11 | 1692 | - 1692—1692: Land Tax introduced - originally designed as an annual tax on personal estate, public
offices and land. For practical purposes, however, assessors tended to avoid assessing items of
wealth other than landed property so that it became known as the Land Ta
- 1692—1692: French intention to invade England came to nothing
- 1692—1692: The Massacre of Glencoe
Clan Campbell side with the king and murder members of the Clan McDonald (1691?)
- 1692—1692: French intention to invade England came to naught
- 13 Feb 1692—13 Feb 1692: The massacre of Glencoe - Clan Campbell sides with King William and
murders members of Clan McDonald
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| 12 | 1693 | - 1693—1693: Census of Acadia
Census of Acadians in New France
- 1693—1693: Newfoundland census
Census taken in Newfoundland
- 4 Aug 1693—4 Aug 1693: Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Pierre P?rignon 's invention of Champagne
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| 13 | 1694 | - 1694—1694: National Debt came into effect in England
- 1694—1694: Stamp Duties introduced into Britain from Holland
- 1694—1694: Mary II death leaves William III as sole ruler
- 1694—1694: Triennial Act, new Parliamentary elections every three years
- 1694—1694: Scotland: Poll Tax imposed on all over sixteen, except the destitute and insane (-1699)
- 1694—1694: National Deb came into effect in England
Bank of England founded by William Paterson (a Scot){\n}Triennial Act
- 1694—1699: Scotland: Poll Tax imposed on all over sixteen, except the destitute and insane
- 27 Jul 1694—27 Jul 1694: Bank of England founded by William Paterson (a Scot)
- 12 1694—8 Mar 1702: William III
House of Stuart (restored): Reigned alone after death of Mary II
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| 14 | 1695 | - 1695—1695: Freedom of Press in England granted
- 1695—1695: Bank of Scotland founded
- 1695—1695: Act of Parliament imposes a fine on all who fail to inform the parish minister of the
birth of a child (repealed 1706)
- 1695—1695: Start of Dissenters' lists in parish registers - children born but not christened in the
parish church - some were named 'Papist' and others 'Protestants'
- 1695—1695: Freedom of the Press
Bank of Scotland founded{\n}Act of Parliament imposes a fine on all who fail to inform the parish minister of the birth of a child (repealed in 1706){\n}Start of "Dissenters" lists in parish registers - children born but not christened in the parish churc
- 1695—1695: Census of Acadia
Census of St. Jean River Acadians
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| 15 | 1696 | - 1696—1696: Act of Parliament establishes Workhouses
Education Act passed by Scottish Parliament{\n}Window Tax (replaced Hearth Tax) increased in 1747; abolished in 1851)
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| 16 | 1697 | - 1697—1697: Treaty of Ryswick
- 1697—1697: 2nd December - Official opening of St Paul's Cathedral
- 2 Dec 1697—2 Dec 1697: Official opening of St Paul's Cathedral
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| 17 | 1698 | - 1698—1698: Invention of steam engine by Capt Thomas Savery
- 1698—1698: Darien Expedition: a disastrous attempt to establish a Scots settlement in Panama
- 1698—1698: Duties (taxes) on entries in parish registers - repealed after five years
- 1698—1698: Invention of steam engine by Captain Thomas Savery
Darien Expedition: a disastrous attempt to establish a Scots settlement in Panama{\n}Duties (Taxes) on entries in parish registers - repealed after five years
- 1698—1698: Census of Acadia
Census of Acadians in New France
- 1698—1698: Englishmen, Thomas Savery invents a steam pump
- 4 Jan 1698—4 Jan 1698: Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London destroyed by fire
- 14 Nov 1698—14 Nov 1698: Eddystone Lighthouse (Henry Winstanley's) first lit; completed 10 days earlier
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| 18 | 1700 | - 1700—1700: Population in England and Scotland approx 7.5 million
- 1700—1700: Census of Acadia
Census of Acadians in New France
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| 19 | 1701 | - 1701—1701: Act of Settlement bars Catholics from the British throne
- 1701—1701: Founding of Petitcodiac
- 1701—1701: Act of Parliament bars Catholice from the British throne
- 1701—1701: Census of Acadia
Census of Acadians in New France
- 1701—1701: Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
- 23 May 1701—23 May 1701: After being convicted of piracy and murdering William Moore, Captain
William Kidd hanged in London
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| 20 | 1702 | - 1702—1702: 8th March - Anne Stuart becomes Queen
11th March - First English daily newspaper The Daily Courant (till 1735){\n}War of Spanish Succession (1702- 1713)
- 1702—1714: Queen Anne
Queen Anne ( 1702 - 1714 ) {\n}{\n}1702 - Anne succeeds her brother-in-law, William III.{\n}1702 - England declares war on France in the War of the Spanish Succession{\n}1704 - English, Bavarian, and Austrian troops under Marlborough defeat the French at
- 1702—1714: Queen Ann Period (Art & Antiques)
- 1702—1713: Queen Anne's War
English Colonies vs France
- 1702—1702: War of Spanish Succession
- 8 Mar 1702—8 Mar 1702: Anne Stuart becomes Queen
- 11 Mar 1702—11 Mar 1702: First English daily newspaper The Daily Courant (till 1735)
- 3 Aug 1702—1 Aug 1714: Anne
House of Stuart (restored): 2nd daughter of James II. Died with no living heirs
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| 21 | 1703 | - 1703—1703: Eighth Acadian census
With a population of 1,450, the Acadians are enumerated again.
- 1703—1703: Repeal of Duties on entries in Parish Registers
Penal Code enacted - Catholics barred from voting, education and the military
- 1703—1703: Census of Acadia
Census of Acadians in New France counts 1,450
- 4 Aug 1703—4 Aug 1703: British take Gibraltar
- 24 Nov 1703—24 Nov 1703: Climate: Most violent storms of the millennium cause vast damage
across southern England - about a third of Britain's merchant fleet lost, and Eddystone
lighthouse destroyed on 27 November (Nov 24 - Dec 2)
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| 22 | 1704 | - 1704—1704: Penal Code enacted - Catholics barred from voting, education and the military
- 1704—1704: Newfoundland census
Census taken in Newfoundland listing only heads of families
- 13 Aug 1704—13 Aug 1704: Battle of Blenheim
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| 23 | 1705 | - 1705—1705: Isaac Newton knighted (for his work at the Royal Mint)
- 1705—1705: First workable steam pumping engine devised by Thomas Newcomen (some say c1710
or 1711)
- 1705—1705: First workable steam pumping engine devised by Thomas Newman
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| 24 | 1706 | - 1706—1706: First evening newspaper The Evening Post' issued in London
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| 25 | 1707 | - 1707—1707: 1st January - Union with Scotland - Scots agree to send 16 peers and 45 MPs to English Parliament in return for full trading pri
Scottish Parliament meets for the last time in March{\n}1st May - English and Scottish Parliaments united by an Act of the English Parliament - {\n}the Kingdom of Great Britian established{\n}Last use of veto by a British sovereign
- 1707—1707: Census of Acadia
Census of Acadians in New France
- 1707—1707: The Act of Union is formed between Scotland and England, creating Great Britain.
- 16 Jan 1707—16 Jan 1707: Union with Scotland - Scots agree to send 16 peers and 45 MPs to English
Parliament in return for full trading privileges - Scottish Parliament meets for the last time in
March
- 1 May 1707—1 May 1707: English and Scottish Parliaments united by an Act of the English Parliament -
The Kingdom of Great Britain established - largest free-trade area in Europe at the time
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| 26 | 1708 | - 1708—1708: Earliest Artillery Muster Rolls
- 1708—1708: First Jacobite rising in Scotland
- 1708—1708: Queen Anne's war breaks out
Queen Anne's war breaks out and there is unrest with the British.
- 1708—1708: First Jacobite rising in Scotland
Earliest Artillery Muster Rolls
- 1708—1708: Census of Acadia
Census of Acadians in New France
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| 27 | 1709 | - 1709—1709: Bad harvests throughout Europe - bread riots in Britain
- 1709—1709: First Copyright Act pass
- 1709—1709: Second Eddystone lighthouse completed
- 1709—1709: First Copyright Act passed
- 1709—1709: Bartolomeo Cristofori invents the piano
- 2 Feb 1709—2 Feb 1709: Alexander Selkirk rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book
Robinson Crusoe (published in 1719) by Daniel Defoe
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| 28 | 1710 | - 1710—1710: Tax on Apprentice Indentures introduced
- 1710—1710: Port-Royal falls to the British
Port-Royal falls to the British one last time and now called Annapolis Royal after Queen Anne.
- 1710—1710: Tax on Apprentice Indentures
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| 29 | 1711 | - 1711—1711: Incorporation of South Sea Company, in London
- 1711—1711: Incorporation of South Sea Company, in London
- 1711—1711: Englishmen, John Shore invents the tuning fork
- 11 Aug 1711—11 Aug 1711: First race meeting at Ascot
- 8 1711—23 Aug 1711: British Fleet runs aground on Ile-aux-Oeufs
950 drown while preparing to attack Québec
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| 30 | 1712 | - 1712—1712: Toleration Act passed - first relief to non-Anglicans
- 1712—1712: Last trial for witchcraft in England (Jane Wenham)
- 1712—1712: Imposition of Soap Tax (abolished 1853)
- 1712—1712: Imposition of Soap Tax (abolished 1835)
Last trial of witchcraft in England (Jane Wenham){\n}Toleration Act passed{\n}First relief to non-Anglicans{\n}Patronage Act - patronage of ministers restored
- 1712—1712: Thomas Newcomen patents the atmospheric steam engine
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| 31 | 1713 | - 1713—1713: By this year there are some 3,000 coffee houses in London
- 1713—1713: Treaty of Utrecht
Treaty of Utrecht. Acadia now belongs to England and never again returns to France.
- 1713—1713: Treaty of Utrecht concludes the Was of the Spanish Succession
- 1713—1713: Nova Scotia created
Britain renames Acadia to Nova Scotia
- 1713—1713: Treaty of Utrecht
Britain gets possession of Hudson Bay, Newfoundland and Acadia -- except for Ile Royale (Cape Breton)
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| 32 | 1714 | - 1714—1714: Landholders forced to take the Oath of Allegiance and renounce Roman Catholicism
- 1714—1714: Schism Act, prevents Dissenters from being schoolmasters in England
- 1714—1714: Longitude Act: prize of ?20,000 offered to the inventor of a workable method of
determining a ship's longitude (won by John Harrison in 1773 for his chronometer).
- 1714—1714: 1st August - Queen Anne Stuart died - George I Hanover becomes king
Chancery Proceedings filed under Six Clerics{\n}Schism Act{\n}Landholders forced to take the Oath of Allegiance and renounce Roman Catholicism{\n}Quater Sessions Records from this date often mention Protestant dissenters and Roman Cathilic Recusants
- 1714—1727: King George I
King George I ( 1714 - 1727 ) {\n}{\n}1714 - George I, the first Hanoverian King, succeeds his distant cousin, Anne.{\n}1714 - A new Parliament is elected with a strong Whig majority led by Robert Walpole. {\n}1715 - The Jacobite rising begins in Scotland
- 1714—1714: Census of Acadia
Census of Acadians in New France
- 8 Jan 1714—Oct 1727: George I
House of Hanover: Son of Elector of Hanover, by Sohia, granddaughter of James I. Proclaimed King under Act of Settlement
- 1 Aug 1714—1 Aug 1714: Queen Anne Stuart dies - George I Hanover becomes king (1714-1727).
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| 33 | 1715 | - 1715—1715: Second Jacobite rebellion in Scotland, under the Old Pretender ('The Fifteen')
- 1715—1715: Riot Act passed
Second Jacobire rebellion in Scotland, under the Old Pretender (the fifteenth)
- 1715—1715: Scots support James Edward Stuart as the king of Great Britain.
Called the first Jacobite rebellion.
- 1 Aug 1715—1 Aug 1715: Riot Act passed
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| 34 | 1716 | - 1716—1716: Climate: Thames frozen so solid that a spring tide lifted the ice bodily 13ft without
interrupting the frost fair
- 1716—1716: The Septennial Act of Britain leads to greater electoral corruption - general elections
now to be held once every 7 years instead of every 3 (until 1911)
- 1716—1716: The Septennial Act of Britain leads to greater electoral corruption -
general elections now to be held once every 7 years instead of every 3
- 1716—1716: Census of Acadia
Census of Port Toulouse Acadians
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| 35 | 1717 | - 1717—1717: First Masonic Lodge opens in London
- 1717—1717: Value of the golden guinea fixed at 21 shillings
- 1717—1717: First Masonic Lodge opens in London
- 1717—1717: Edmond Halley invents the diving bell
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| 36 | 1719 | - 1719—1719: Third abortive Jacobite rising
- 1719—1719: Third abortive Jacobite rising
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| 37 | 1720 | - 1720—1720: Wallpaper becomes fashionable in England
- 1720—1720: Manufacturing towns start to increase in population - rise of new wealth
- 1720—1720: South Sea Bubble, a stock-market crash on Exchange Alley - government assumes
control of National Debt
- 1720—1720: The French begin construction of the fortress at Louisbourg
The fortress at Louisbourg begins construction.
- 1720—1720: Irish Famine
- 1720—1720: South Sea Bubble, a stock-market crash on Esxchange Alley
Manufacturing towns start to0 increase in population - rise of new wealth
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| 38 | 1721 | - 1721—1721: Robert Walpole (whig) becaomes first Prime Minister (to 1742)
Bailey's Northern Directory
- 2 Apr 1721—2 Apr 1721: Robert Walpole (Whig) becomes first Prime Minister (to 1742)
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| 39 | 1722 | - 1722—1722: Knatchbull's Act, poor laws
- 1722—1722: Last trial for witchcraft in Scotland
- 1722—1722: Last trial for witchcraft in Scotland
Knatchbull's Act, poor law
- 1722—1722: French C. Hopffer patents the fire extinguisher
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| 40 | 1723 | - 1723—1723: The Workhouse Act or Test - to get relief, a poor person has to enter Workhouse
- 1723—1723: The Waltham Black Acts add 50 capital offences to the penal code - people could be
sentenced to death for theft and poaching - repealed in 1827
- 1723—1723: Excise tax levied for coffee, tea, and chocolate
- 1723—1723: Excise tax levied for coffee, tea, and chocolate
The Waltham Black Acts add 50 capital offences to the penal code - people could be sentenced to death for theft and poaching{\n}The Workhouse Act or Test - to get relief, a poor person has to enter Workhouse
- 1723—1726: Drummer's War
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| 41 | 1724 | - 1724—1724: Longman's founded (Britain's oldest publishing house)
- 1724—1724: Rapid growth of gin drinking in England
- 1724—1724: Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the first mercury thermometer
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| 42 | 1725 | - 1725—1726: Treaty of Hanover: France, Prussia, England v. Spain, Austria
- 12 1725—15 Dec 1725: Indian Treaties Signed
Treaties between Eastern Aboriginal Peoples and Great Britain
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| 43 | 1726 | - 1726—1726: Invention of the chronometer by John Harrison
- 1726—1726: First circulating library opened in Edinburgh
- 1726—1726: First circulating library opened in Edinburgh
Invention of the chronometer by John Harrison
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| 44 | 1727 | - 1727—1727: Board of Manufacturers established in Scotland
- 1727—1727: Board of Manufactoring established in Scotland
11th June George I died - George II Hanover becomes king
- 1727—1760: King George II
King George II ( 1727 - 1760 ) {\n}{\n}1727 - George succeeds his father, George I.{\n}1732 - A royal charter is granted for the founding of Georgia in America.{\n}1737 - Death of George's wife, Queen Caroline.{\n}1738 - John and Charles Wesley start the
- 11 Jun 1727—11 Jun 1727: George I dies - George II Hanover becomes king
- 6 Nov 1727—25 Oct 1760: George II
House of Hanover: Only son of George I, married Caroline of Brandenburg
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| 45 | 1729 | - 1729—1729: Methodists begin in Oxford
- 9 Nov 1729—9 Nov 1729: Treaty of Seville signed between Britain, France and Spain - Britain maintained
control of Port Mahon and Gibraltar
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| 46 | 1730 | - 1730—1730: Irish famine
- 1730—1750: Rococo Period (Art and Antiques)
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| 47 | 1731 | - 1731—1731: Invention of sextant by John Hadley
- 1731—1731: Invention of seed drill by Jethro Tull [others say 1701]
- 1731—1731: Invention of seed drill by Jethro Tull
Invention of sextant by John Hadley
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| 48 | 1732 | - 1732—1732: Earliest Cavalry and Infantry Muster Rolls
- 7 Dec 1732—7 Dec 1732: Covent Garden Opera House opens
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| 49 | 1733 | - 1733—1733: John Kay invents the flying shuttle, revolutionised the weaving industry
- 1733—1733: Law forbidding the use of Latin in parish registers generally obeyed - some continued in
Latin for a few years
- 1733—1733: Excise crisis: Sir Robert Walpole wanted to add excise tax to tobacco and wine -
Pulteney and Bolingbroke oppose the excise tax
- 1733—1733: Excise crisis; Sir Robert Walpole wanted to add excise tax to tobacco and wine
Pulteney and Bolingbroke oppose the excise tax{\n}Law forbidding the use of Latin in parish registers generally obeyed - some continued in Latin for a few years
- 1733—1733: John Kay invents the flying shuttle
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| 50 | 1734 | - 1734—1734: Kent's Directory published
- 1734—1734: Kent's Directory
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1689 - 1734 (45 years)