Thomas Bedingfield

Thomas Bedingfield

Male 1662 - 1713  (51 years)


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Died (Thomas Bedingfield)
William Beddingfield Benefield (1713 - 1774)
Arabella Buchanan (1670 - 0000) PROBLEM: start is > latestStart, start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
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Stamp Act passed - imposed a tax on publications and legal documents in the American colonies (repealed the following year)
The potato becomes the most popular food in Europe
First Acadians settle in Louisiana
Stamp Act passed
Indian treaties transferring land to Britain
Mozart produces his first symphony at age eight
James Hargeaves invents the Spinning Jenny (but destroyed 1768)
Lloyd's Register of shipping first prepared
Practice of numbering houses introduced to London
Lloyd's Register of shipping first prepared
James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny
Treaty of Paris - gives back to France everything Pitt fought to obtain - (Newfoundland [fishing], Guadaloupe and Martininque [sugar], Dakar [gum]) - but English displaces French as the international language
Treaty of Paris
POST-DEPORTATION PERIOD
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris
George III
Cigars introduced into Britain from Cuba
Earliest Unitarian registers
Treaty signed to end war PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
British capture Pondicherry, India from the French
Englishmen, John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude
George II dies - George III Hanover, his grandson, becomes king. The date conventionally marks the start of the so-called first Industrial Revolution'
Peace treaties between Micmac and British
British capture Quebec PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
First use of hangman's drop
Battle of the Plains of Abraham PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
Carron Iron Works in operation in Scotland
King George III
George II dies (25th October)
Third Eddystone Lighthouse (John Smeaton's) completed
British Museum opens to the public in London
Wesley builds 356 Methodist chapels
British Museum opens to the public in London (15th Jan)
Cherokee War
India stops being merely a commercial venture - England begins dominating it politically - The East India Company retains its monopoly although it ceased to trade
Deportation of the Acadians at Ile Ste Jean (PEI)
Acadians on Ile Royale/Cape Breton are deported to France
India stops being merely a commercial venture
Acadian deportation
British capture Fort Louisburg
Dolland invents a chromatic lens
The Nawab of Bengal tries to expel the British, but is defeated at the battle of Plassey (Palashi, June 23) - the East India Company forces are led by Robert Clive
Admiral Byng shot at Portsmouth for failing to relieve Minorca
The foundation laid for the Empire of India
India - The Nawab of Bengal tries to expel the British -
John Campbell invents the sextant
Black Hole of Calcutta - 146 Britons imprisoned, most die according to British sources
The Seven Years War with France (Pitt's trade war) begins
The Seven Year War with France (Pitt's trade was) begins
French and Indian War
Europe's Seven Years' War - North America's French-Indian war
Second Eddystone Lighthouse destroyed by fire
Deportation of the Acadian population
Period of canal construction began in Britain (till 1827)
Publication of Dictionary of the English Language' by Dr Samuel Johnson
DEPORTATION PERIOD
Publication of Dictionary of the English Language by Dr, Johnson
Postal Service established
The Great Expulsion
Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary
First British troops not belonging to the East India Company despatched to India
In the General Election, the Cow Inn at Haslemere, Surrey caused a national scandal by subdividing the freehold to create eight votes instead of one
Hardwicke Act (1753): Banns to be called, and Printed Marriage Register forms to be used - Quakers & Jews exempt
The French and Indian War
Hardwicke Act (1753
French and Indian War
First newspaper printed in Canada PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
Treaty signed to renew the 1725 Indian Treaties PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
Publication of ?Species Plantarum' by Linnaeus and the formal start date of plant taxonomy
Private collection of Sir Hans Sloane forms the basis of the British Museum
Earliest Inghamite registers
French defeat George Washington's military campaign
Julian Calendar dropped and Gregorian Calendar adopted in England and Scotland, making this Sep 14
Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning conductor
Julian Calendar dropped and Gregorian Calendar adopted
Census of Ile St-Jean
Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod
Beginning of the year 1752 [Scotland had adopted January as the start of the year in 1600, and some other countries in Europe had adopted the Gregorian calendar as early as 1582]
Chesterfield's Calendar Act passed - royal assent to the bill was given on 22 May 1751 - decision to adopt Gregorian Calendar in 1752: In and throughout all his
Original Westminster Bridge opened (replaced in 1862 due to subsidence)
Treaty signed to renew the 1725 Indian Treaties PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
Series of earthquakes in London and the Home Counties cause panic with predictions of an apocalypse (Feb/Mar)
Neo-Classical Period (Art and Antiques)
Gothic Revival Period (Art and Antiques)
First performance of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks (in Green Park, London)
Founding of Halifax
Britain founds Halifax
Couontess Huntington's (Calvanistic) Methodist Connexion founded
Treaty of Aix-de-Chapelle ends French-British war
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Act for Pacification of the Highlands
Abolition of Heritable Jurisdictions in Scotland
Abolition of Heritable Jurisdictions in Scotland
Battle of Culloden - last battle fought in Britain - 5,000 Highlanders routed by the Duke of Cumberland and 9,000 loyalists Scots - Young Pretender Charles flees to Continent, ending Jacobite hopes forever - the wearing of the kilt prohibited
English defeat the forces of Charles Edward Stuart in the Battle of Culloden.
Bonnie Prince Charlie (The Young Pretender) lands in the western Highlands - raises support among Episcopalian and Catholic clans - The Pretender's army invades Perth, Edinburgh, and England as far as Derby
Jacobite rebellion in Scotland ('The Forty-five')
Jacobite rebellion in Scotland (The Forty-Five)
Louisbourg taken from France
Scots support James' son Charles Edward Stuart as the king of Great Britain.
E.G. von Kleist invents the leyden jar, the first electrical capacitor
France declares war against England PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
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Tune 'God Save the King' makes its appearance
Church of Scotland split over taking of Burgess' Oath
King George's War
War of the Austrian Succession (King George's War)
(June 27 in Gregorian calendar): Battle of Dettingen - last time a British sovereign (George II) led troops in battle
England goes to war with Spain - incited by William Pitt the Elder (Earl of Chatham) for the sake of trade
England goes to war with Spain -
16th June Battle of Dettingen - last time British soveriegn (George II) led troops into battle
Benjamin Ingham founded the Moravian Methodists or Inghamites - Earliest Moravian registers
Benjamin Ingham founded the Moravian Methodist or Inghamites
War of Jenkins' Ear starts: Robert Walpole reluctantly declares war on Spain
Dick Turpin, highwayman, hanged at York
Wesley and Whitefield commence great Methodist revival
Wesley and Whitefield commence great Methodist revival
Last French-rule census
John Wesley has his conversion experience
Earliest Calvinistic Methodist registers
Licensing Act restricts the number of London theatres and subects plays to censorship of the Lord Chamberlain (till 1950s)
Kent's Directory published
Kent's Directory
John Kay invents the flying shuttle, revolutionised the weaving industry
Law forbidding the use of Latin in parish registers generally obeyed - some continued in Latin for a few years
Excise crisis: Sir Robert Walpole wanted to add excise tax to tobacco and wine - Pulteney and Bolingbroke oppose the excise tax
Excise crisis; Sir Robert Walpole wanted to add excise tax to tobacco and wine
John Kay invents the flying shuttle
Covent Garden Opera House opens
Earliest Cavalry and Infantry Muster Rolls
Invention of sextant by John Hadley
Invention of seed drill by Jethro Tull [others say 1701]
Invention of seed drill by Jethro Tull
Irish famine
Rococo Period (Art and Antiques)
Treaty of Seville signed between Britain, France and Spain - Britain maintained control of Port Mahon and Gibraltar
Methodists begin in Oxford
George II
George I dies - George II Hanover becomes king
Board of Manufacturers established in Scotland
Board of Manufactoring established in Scotland
King George II
Indian Treaties Signed PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
Invention of the chronometer by John Harrison
First circulating library opened in Edinburgh
First circulating library opened in Edinburgh
Treaty of Hanover: France, Prussia, England v. Spain, Austria
Longman's founded (Britain's oldest publishing house)
Rapid growth of gin drinking in England
Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the first mercury thermometer
The Workhouse Act or Test - to get relief, a poor person has to enter Workhouse
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
Excise tax levied for coffee, tea, and chocolate
Excise tax levied for coffee, tea, and chocolate
Drummer's War
Knatchbull's Act, poor laws
Last trial for witchcraft in Scotland
Last trial for witchcraft in Scotland
French C. Hopffer patents the fire extinguisher
Robert Walpole (Whig) becomes first Prime Minister (to 1742)
Robert Walpole (whig) becaomes first Prime Minister (to 1742)
Wallpaper becomes fashionable in England
Manufacturing towns start to increase in population - rise of new wealth
South Sea Bubble, a stock-market crash on Exchange Alley - government assumes control of National Debt
The French begin construction of the fortress at Louisbourg
Irish Famine
South Sea Bubble, a stock-market crash on Esxchange Alley
Third abortive Jacobite rising
Third abortive Jacobite rising
First Masonic Lodge opens in London
Value of the golden guinea fixed at 21 shillings
First Masonic Lodge opens in London
Edmond Halley invents the diving bell
Climate: Thames frozen so solid that a spring tide lifted the ice bodily 13ft without interrupting the frost fair
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)
The Septennial Act of Britain leads to greater electoral corruption -
Census of Acadia
Riot Act passed
Second Jacobite rebellion in Scotland, under the Old Pretender ('The Fifteen')
Riot Act passed
Scots support James Edward Stuart as the king of Great Britain.
Queen Anne Stuart dies - George I Hanover becomes king (1714-1727).
George I
Landholders forced to take the Oath of Allegiance and renounce Roman Catholicism
Schism Act, prevents Dissenters from being schoolmasters in England
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).
1st August - Queen Anne Stuart died - George I Hanover becomes king
King George I
Census of Acadia
By this year there are some 3,000 coffee houses in London
Treaty of Utrecht
Treaty of Utrecht concludes the Was of the Spanish Succession
Nova Scotia created
Treaty of Utrecht
British Fleet runs aground on Ile-aux-Oeufs PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
Toleration Act passed - first relief to non-Anglicans
Last trial for witchcraft in England (Jane Wenham)
Imposition of Soap Tax (abolished 1853)
Imposition of Soap Tax (abolished 1835)
Thomas Newcomen patents the atmospheric steam engine
First race meeting at Ascot
Incorporation of South Sea Company, in London
Incorporation of South Sea Company, in London
Englishmen, John Shore invents the tuning fork
Tax on Apprentice Indentures introduced
Port-Royal falls to the British
Tax on Apprentice Indentures
Alexander Selkirk rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe (published in 1719) by Daniel Defoe
Bad harvests throughout Europe - bread riots in Britain
First Copyright Act pass
Second Eddystone lighthouse completed
First Copyright Act passed
Bartolomeo Cristofori invents the piano
Earliest Artillery Muster Rolls
First Jacobite rising in Scotland
Queen Anne's war breaks out
First Jacobite rising in Scotland
Census of Acadia
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
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
1st January - Union with Scotland - Scots agree to send 16 peers and 45 MPs to English Parliament in return for full trading pri
Census of Acadia
The Act of Union is formed between Scotland and England, creating Great Britain.
First evening newspaper The Evening Post' issued in London
Isaac Newton knighted (for his work at the Royal Mint)
First workable steam pumping engine devised by Thomas Newcomen (some say c1710 or 1711)
First workable steam pumping engine devised by Thomas Newman
Battle of Blenheim
Penal Code enacted - Catholics barred from voting, education and the military
Newfoundland census
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)
British take Gibraltar
Eighth Acadian census
Repeal of Duties on entries in Parish Registers
Census of Acadia
Anne
First English daily newspaper The Daily Courant (till 1735)
Anne Stuart becomes Queen
8th March - Anne Stuart becomes Queen
Queen Anne
Queen Ann Period (Art & Antiques)
Queen Anne's War
War of Spanish Succession
After being convicted of piracy and murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd hanged in London
Act of Settlement bars Catholics from the British throne
Founding of Petitcodiac
Act of Parliament bars Catholice from the British throne
Census of Acadia
Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
Population in England and Scotland approx 7.5 million
Census of Acadia
Eddystone Lighthouse (Henry Winstanley's) first lit; completed 10 days earlier
Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London destroyed by fire
Invention of steam engine by Capt Thomas Savery
Darien Expedition: a disastrous attempt to establish a Scots settlement in Panama
Duties (taxes) on entries in parish registers - repealed after five years
Invention of steam engine by Captain Thomas Savery
Census of Acadia
Englishmen, Thomas Savery invents a steam pump
Official opening of St Paul's Cathedral
Treaty of Ryswick
2nd December - Official opening of St Paul's Cathedral
William III
Act of Parliament establishes Workhouses
Freedom of Press in England granted
Bank of Scotland founded
Act of Parliament imposes a fine on all who fail to inform the parish minister of the birth of a child (repealed 1706)
Start of Dissenters' lists in parish registers - children born but not christened in the parish church - some were named 'Papist' and others 'Protestants'
Freedom of the Press
Census of Acadia
Bank of England founded by William Paterson (a Scot)
National Debt came into effect in England
Stamp Duties introduced into Britain from Holland
Mary II death leaves William III as sole ruler
Triennial Act, new Parliamentary elections every three years
Scotland: Poll Tax imposed on all over sixteen, except the destitute and insane (-1699)
National Deb came into effect in England
Scotland: Poll Tax imposed on all over sixteen, except the destitute and insane
Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Pierre P?rignon 's invention of Champagne
Census of Acadia
Newfoundland census
The massacre of Glencoe - Clan Campbell sides with King William and murders members of Clan McDonald
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
French intention to invade England came to nothing
The Massacre of Glencoe
French intention to invade England came to naught
Earliest date in known German Lutheran registers
Newfoundland census
England passes Act of Grace, forgiving Roman Catholic followers of James II
William III and Mary II
The British capture Port-Royal
Great Synagogue founded
Port-Royal captured
The Presbyterian Church is permanently restored and becomes the Church of Scotland.
Bill of Rights passed by Parliament, ending King's divine right to raise taxes or wage war
Battle of Killiecrankie in Scotland - Jacobites defeated Government troops but at high cost
Toleration Act passed for Protestant non-conformists
Deposed James VII & II flees to Ireland - defeated at the Battle of the Boyne (1 Jul 1690)
William III and Mary II, daughter of James II, jointly take the throne (only William, however, has regal power)
Devonport naval dockyard established
King William III and Queen Mary II
Deposed James VII and II flees to Ireland
King William's War
French - Five Nations Indian war
Siege of Londonderry (began Dec 1688; ended 28 Jul 1689)
William of Orange lands at Torbay
The Glorious Revolution: James II abdicates
Edward Lloyd's Coffee House opens - later became Lloyd's of London
British Army raised to 40,000
Bill of Rights limits the powers of the monarchy over parliament
Hearth Tax abolished
Mutiny Act
February: Edward Lloyds Coffee House - later became Lloyd's of London
Newton published his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica' - written in Latin
James II issues the Declaration of Indulgence, suspending laws against Catholics and non-conformists
St-Charles des Mines Church is built at Grand-Pré
Release of all prisoners held for their religious beliefs
Release of all prisoners held for their religious beliefs
Census of Acadia
James II
James the Second (1685-1689, died 1701) - Monmouth rebellion and battle of Sedgemoor - British Army raised to 20,000 men
Earl of Argyll's Invasion of Scotland
Judge Jeffreys and the Bloody Assizes - 320 executed, 800 transported
Earl of Argyll's invasion of Scotland
King James II
Presbyterian settlement in Stuart's Town in South Carolina
Ashmolean Museum opened at Oxford - first museum in Britain
Wild boar become extinct in Britain
6th June: Ashmolean Museum opened at Oxford - first museum on Britain
Founding of Grand-Pré
Pennsylvania founded by William Penn
Library of Advocates founded in Edinburgh - later National Library of Scotland
Halley observes the comet which bears his name
Pennsylvania founded by William Penn
Second Test Act (against non-conformists) passed by Westminster Parliament
Oil lighting first used in London streets
Second Test Act (against non-conformists) passed by Westminster Parliament
William Dockwra(y) begins his London Penny Post
Dodo becomes extinct in Mauritius through over-hunting
William Dockwra(y) begins his London Penny Post
Chinoiserie Period (Art and Antiques)
Habeas Corpus Act becomes law in England - (later repealed from time to time)
Tories first so named
27th May: Haveas Corpus Act became law in England
Denis Papin invents the pressure cooker
Extension of Test Act to peers
Extension of Test Act to peers
The first edition of the "Encyclopaedia Britiannica" published -
Census of Acadia
Lee's Collection of Names of Merchants in London' published
Lee's "Collection of Names of Merchants in London" published
Compton Census, named after its initiator Henry Compton, Bishop of London, was intended to discover the number of Anglican conformists, Roman Catholic recusants and Protestant dissenters in England and Wales from enquiries made in individual parishes
Robert Hooke invents the universal joint
Building of Royal Greenwich Observatory started
King Philip's War
John Flamsteed appointed first Astronomer Royal of England
Beginning of Whig party under Shaftsbury
Rebuilding of St Paul's started by Wren (completed 1710)
Beginning of Whig Party under Shaftsbury
Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch
Treaty of Westminster - Netherlands cedes New Netherlands (on the eastern coast of North America) to Britain
First Test Act deprives British Catholics and Non-conformists of Public Office
First Test Act deprives British Catholics and Non-conformists of Public Office
First European settlement in Great Lakes Region
Founding of Beaubassin
High Court of Justiciary established in Scotland
War with Holland (to 1674) - British Army increased to 10,000 men
High Court of Justiciary established in Scotland
Comte de Frontenac governs New France
Thomas Blood caught stealing the Crown Jewels
First Acadian Census
Census of Acadia
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents a calculating machine
King Charles II and King Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover
Hudson's Bay Company formed
Treaty of Breda
Earliest Synagogue registers - Bevis Marks
Dom Pérignon invents Champagne
The first reference to a candy cane is made
Last entry in Pepys's diary
Earliest Lutheran registers survive from this year
British East India Company obtains control of Bombay
Newton constructs reflecting telescope
Isaac Newton invents a reflecting telescope
Treaty of Breda
Great Fire of London, after a drought beginning 27 June (2-6 Sep)
Use of semaphore signalling pioneered by Lord Worcester
Newton formulated Laws of Gravity
2nd to 6th September; Great Fire of London,
Considerable religious unrest on Scotland (The Covenanteers)
First New World Census
The ?London Gazette' first published - one of the official journals of record of the United Kingdom government and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United Kingdom
Great Plague of London (July-October) kills over 60,000
Five-mile Act restricts non-conformist ministers in Britain
Great Plague of London
Nieuw Amsterdam becomes New York as 300 English soldiers under Col. Mathias Nicolls take the town from the Dutch under orders from Charles II. The town is renamed after the King's brother James, Duke of York
Oak Apple Day - the birthday of Charles II and the day when he entered London at the Restoration; commanded by Act of Parliament in 1664 to be observed as a day of thanksgiving. A special service (expunged in 1859) was inserted in the Book of Common Pray
Earliest Roman Cathilic registers
Great Québec earthquake
Québec becomes a crown colony (royal province) of France
James Gregory invents the first reflecting telescope
Act of Uniformity - Acceptance of Book of Common Prayer required - About 2,000 vicars and rectors driven from their parishes as nonconformists (Presbyterians and Independents) - Persecution of all non-conformists - Presbyterianism dis-established - E
'Hearth Tax' introduced - until 1689 (1690 in Scotland)
Poor Relief Act or Act of Settlement' - gave JPs the power to return any wandering poor to the parish of origin (repealed 1834)
Tea introduced to Britain
Hearth Tax
Oliver Cromwell formally 'executed', having been dead for over two years!
Restoration of Episcopacy in Scotland
Board of Trade founded in London
Hand-struck postage stamps first used
Corporation Act prevents non-Anglicans from holding municipal office
Persectution of Non-Conformists in England
First actress plays in London (Margaret Hughes as Desdemona)
Twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society
Ten Regicides are executed at Charing Cross or Tyburn
Restoration of British monarchy (Charles II) - 'Oak Apple Day' - theatres reopened
Charles II
Commonwealth registers ended, Parish Registers resumed
Provincial Probate Courts re-established
Clarendon code restricts Puritans' religious freedom
Composition of light discovered by Newton
Honourable East India Company founded by British
1st January - Samuel Pepys starts his diary
Quaker-Scottish colony was established in East New Jersey
King Charles II
Restoration Period
Cuckoo clocks made in Furtwangen, Germany, in the Black Forest region
Samuel Pepys starts his diary
Date of first known bank cheque to be drawn
Start of national meteorological Temperature records in the UK
6th February - date of first known cheque to be drawn
Lake Superior explored
Death of Oliver Cromwell
Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector
Richard Cromwell (son of Oliver) Lord Protector (-1660)
Death of Oliver Cromwell
Richard Cromwell (son of Oliver) Lord Protector
Post Office established by Act of Parliament [others say 1660]
A few Jews permitted to settle in England
Post Office established by Act of Parliament (others say 1660)
Christian Huygens invents a pendulum clock
Fort Port-Royal is captured by the British
Fort Port-Royal captured by the British
Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament
Commonwealth registers start
Under the Act of Settlement Cromwell's opponents stripped of land
Provincial probate courts abolished - probates granted only in London
Provincial probate courts abolished - probates granted only in London
Commonwealther registers start
Battle of Worcester
The second English Civil War (1651-1652)
Scottish prisoners transported to the British settlements in America
The second English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector
Coffee brought to England about this time
George Fox founds Society of Friends (Quakers)
Otto von Guericke invents a air pump
Theatres banned by Cromwell
Christmas banned by Cromwell
Commonwealth declared
King Charles I executed
'Rump' Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial
Cromwell's Irish campaign starts
King Charles II proclaimed King of Scots and England in Scotland
30th June: King Charles I executed
Commonwealth period - Oliver Cromwell
Society of Friends (Quakers) founded by George Fox
First practical thermometers made
Earliest Baptist registers survive from this year
Royalists sign articles of surrender at Oxford
Charles I surrenders to the Scottish Army at Newark
20th June: Royalists sign articles of surrender at Oxford
Battle of Naseby: Parliament's New Model Army crushes the Royalist forces
Battle of Philiphaugh in Scotland
Scotland: Each county and burgh ordered to raise and maintain a number of foot soldiers, according to population, to serve as militia - population of Scotland estimated at 420,000
Plague made its last appearance in Scotland
Battle of Philipburgh in Scotland
Battle of Marston Moor, near York - Parliamentarian forces beat the Royalists
Battle of Cropredy Bridge - Royalists beat the Parliamentarian forces
Earlist Indepenent (Congregational) registers
Battle of Alton - victory for Parliamentarians - Sir Richard Bolle killed in St Lawrence's church
Solomn League and Covenrant signed in Scotland
Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer
Abel Janszoon Tasman first European to set foot in New Zealand
Abel Janszoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania)
Battle of Turnham Green - Royalist forces withdraw in face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London
Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham - First Civil War in England (to 1649)
The Civil War interrupted the keeping of parish registers
English theatres closed by Puritans (till 1660)
22nd August - Charles I raises his standard at Nottinngham -
Frenchmen, Blaise Pascal invents an adding machine
50,000 Irish killed in an uprising in Ulster
Charles I's policies cause insurrection in Ulster and Civil War in England
Charles I and the English Parliament acknowledge the Prebyterian Church in Scotland
Charles I policies cause insurrection in Ulster and Civil War in England -
Charles I forced to recall Parliament (the 'Long Parliament') due to Scottish invasion
Act of Toleration in England established religious toleration
Act of Toleration in England established religious tolerance
King Charles regarded protests against the prayerbook as treason - forced Scots to choose between their church and the King - a ?Covenant' swearing to resist these changes to the Death was signed in Greyfriars Church Edinburgh and was accepted by hun
Charles regarded protests against the prayer book as treason
Scottish Prayer Book published
Pequot War
Arrival of the St. Jehan in Port-Royal
PRE-DEPORTATION PERIOD
Hackney Carriages in use by now in London
Hackney Carriages in use by now in London
W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer
Letter Office of England & Scotland started
Flintlock small arms invented around this time (replaces matchlock)
Letter Office of England and Scotland started
Galileo summoned by Inquisition for publishing in favour of Copernican theory
Isaac de Razilly arrives at Le Heve
Isaac de Razilly sails from LaRochelle
Treaty of St Germain-en-Laye
Québec returned to France by the 'Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye'
Samuel de Champlain named the first Governor of New France
Renaissance Period - Art and Antiques
Baroque Period (Art and Antiques)
European diseases/epidemics kill indians
Parliament dissolved by King Charles I - did not meet for another 11 yea
Parliament desolved by King Charles I -
Québec captured by Britain
Giovanni Branca invents a steam turbine
Writs issued by Charles I that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date
Charles I
The Company of One Hundred Associates formed to colonize New France
Death of King James VI & I
The size of bricks standardised in England around this time
King Charles I
The size of bricks standardised in England around this time
Carolean Age
Frenchmen, Jean-Baptiste Denys invents a method for blood transfusion
Monopoly Act in England: patents protected
Edmund Gunter introduces the surveyor's chain (measurement of length)
Monopoly Act in England - patents protected
William Oughtred invents a slide ruler
First English newspaper appeared - Weekly News'
First Englaish Newspaper appears
Chimneys to be made of brick and to be four and a half feet above the roof
Chimneys to be made of brick and be four and half feet above roof
(Dec 16 old style): The Mayflower reaches America - founds Plymouth, New England (had initially set sail from Southampton on Aug 5)
Pilgrim Fathers land at Plymouth Rock
Manufacture of coke (the fuel, not the drink!) patented by Dud Dudley
The Mayflower reaches America
The earliest human-powered submarine invented
(Nov 24 old style): Colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (considered by many to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas)
Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I
Register of Sasines (Land Leases) established in Scotland -
Tuesday Apr 23 (Julian calendar): Death of Shakespeare
Death of Shakespeare (23rd April)
The Globe Theatre in London burns during a performance of Henry the Eighth (finally pulled down in 1644)
A copper farthing was produced, as a silver coin would be too small
James VI & I created the title of baronet
Authorised (King James) Version of Bible in Britain
Plantation of Ulster with English and Scottish colonists
James VI & I established the Episcopal Church in Scotland - Prebyterians persecuted and many of their records lost
James VI established the Episcopal Church in Scotland -
Henry Hudson explorations
First use of telescope by Galileo - he observed the moons of Jupiter two years later in Jan 1610
Québec founded
Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope
James I
EXPLORATION PERIOD
King James I
Colonial State Papers published
Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
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   Date  Event(s)
1383 
  • 1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
1574 
  • 1574—1738: Colonial State Papers published
    continued to 1738
1630 
  • 1630—1750: Renaissance Period - Art and Antiques
  • 1630—1750: Baroque Period (Art and Antiques)
1636 
  • 1636—1755: PRE-DEPORTATION PERIOD
1660 
  • 1660—1685: King Charles II
    King Charles II ( 1660 - 1685 ) {\n}{\n}1660 - Charles returns to England from Holland and is restored to the throne.{\n}1662 - Act of Uniformity compels Puritans to accept the doctrines of the Church of England or leave the church.{\n}1665 - Outbreak of
  • 5 May 1660—6 Feb 1685: Charles II
    House of Stuart (restored): Eldest son of Charles I, died without issue. De Jure King from Jan 30, 1649.
1662 
  • 1662—1662: 'Hearth Tax' introduced - until 1689 (1690 in Scotland)
  • 1662—1662: Poor Relief Act or Act of Settlement' - gave JPs the power to return any wandering poor to the parish of origin (repealed 1834)
  • 1662—1662: Tea introduced to Britain
  • 1662—1662: Hearth Tax
    Poor Relief Act "Act of Settlement" - gave JPs the power to return any wandering poor to the parish of origin{\n}Act of Uniformity - about 2,00 vicars and rectors driven from their parishes as nonconformists (Presbyerians and Independants){\n}Persectution
  • 24 Aug 1662—24 Aug 1662: Act of Uniformity - Acceptance of Book of Common Prayer required - About 2,000 vicars and rectors driven from their parishes as nonconformists (Presbyterians and Independents) - Persecution of all non-conformists - Presbyterianism dis-established - E
1663 
  • 1663—1663: Earliest Roman Cathilic registers
  • 1663—1663: Great Québec earthquake
  • 1663—1663: Québec becomes a crown colony (royal province) of France
  • 1663—1663: James Gregory invents the first reflecting telescope
1664 
  • 29 May 1664—29 May 1664: Oak Apple Day - the birthday of Charles II and the day when he entered London at the Restoration; commanded by Act of Parliament in 1664 to be observed as a day of thanksgiving. A special service (expunged in 1859) was inserted in the Book of Common Pray
  • 27 Aug 1664—27 Aug 1664: Nieuw Amsterdam becomes New York as 300 English soldiers under Col. Mathias Nicolls take the town from the Dutch under orders from Charles II. The town is renamed after the King's brother James, Duke of York
1665 
  • 1665—1665: Great Plague of London (July-October) kills over 60,000
  • 1665—1665: Five-mile Act restricts non-conformist ministers in Britain
  • 1665—1665: Great Plague of London
  • 7 Nov 1665—7 Nov 1665: The ?London Gazette' first published - one of the official journals of record of the United Kingdom government and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United Kingdom
10 1666 
  • 1666—1666: Use of semaphore signalling pioneered by Lord Worcester
  • 1666—1666: Newton formulated Laws of Gravity
  • 1666—1666: 2nd to 6th September; Great Fire of London,
    after a drought beginning 27th June{\n}Use of semaphore signalling pioneered by Lord Worcester{\n}Act of Parliament - burials to be in woollen
  • 1666—1689: Considerable religious unrest on Scotland (The Covenanteers)
    Covenanteers Rising at St. John's Town of Dalry
  • 1666—1666: First New World Census
    Census taken by Intendant Jean Talon in New France of 3215 inhabitants
  • 2 Sep 1666—2 Sep 1666: Great Fire of London, after a drought beginning 27 June (2-6 Sep)
11 1667 
  • 1667—1667: Treaty of Breda
    Acadia is recognized as a French possession
12 1668 
  • 1668—1668: British East India Company obtains control of Bombay
  • 1668—1668: Newton constructs reflecting telescope
  • 1668—1668: Isaac Newton invents a reflecting telescope
13 1669 
  • 1669—1669: Earliest Lutheran registers survive from this year
  • 31 May 1669—31 May 1669: Last entry in Pepys's diary
14 1670 
  • 1670—1670: Treaty of Breda
  • 1670—1670: Earliest Synagogue registers - Bevis Marks
  • 1670—1670: Dom Pérignon invents Champagne
  • 1670—1670: The first reference to a candy cane is made
  • 5 Feb 1670—2 May 1670: Hudson's Bay Company formed
    Hudson's Bay Company granted trade rights over all territory draining into Hudson's Bay
  • 26 May 1670—26 May 1670: King Charles II and King Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover
15 1671 
  • 1671—1671: First Acadian Census
    The population of Acadia numbering 340 is enumerated for its first census.
  • 1671—1671: Census of Acadia
    First census of Acadians in Port Royal, New France, counts 340
  • 1671—1671: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents a calculating machine
  • 9 May 1671—9 May 1671: Thomas Blood caught stealing the Crown Jewels
16 1672 
  • 1672—1672: Founding of Beaubassin
    Beaubassin in the Chignecto Region is established
  • 1672—1672: High Court of Justiciary established in Scotland
  • 1672—1672: War with Holland (to 1674) - British Army increased to 10,000 men
  • 1672—1672: High Court of Justiciary established in Scotland
    War with Holland - British Army increased to 10,000 men
  • 1672—1678: Comte de Frontenac governs New France
17 1673 
  • 1673—1673: First Test Act deprives British Catholics and Non-conformists of Public Office
  • 1673—1673: First Test Act deprives British Catholics and Non-conformists of Public Office
  • 1673—1673: First European settlement in Great Lakes Region
    Fort Cataraqui (later Fort Frontenac) established by the French
18 1674 
  • 10 Nov 1674—10 Nov 1674: Treaty of Westminster - Netherlands cedes New Netherlands (on the eastern coast of North America) to Britain
19 1675 
  • 1675—1675: Beginning of Whig party under Shaftsbury
  • 1675—1675: Rebuilding of St Paul's started by Wren (completed 1710)
  • 1675—1675: Beginning of Whig Party under Shaftsbury
    10th August; Building of Royal Greenwich Observatory started
  • 1675—1675: Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch
  • 4 Mar 1675—4 Mar 1675: John Flamsteed appointed first Astronomer Royal of England
  • 7 Apr 1675—12 Aug 1676: King Philip's War
    New England colonies vs Wampanoag, Narragansett and Nipmuck Indians
  • 10 Aug 1675—10 Aug 1675: Building of Royal Greenwich Observatory started
20 1676 
  • 1676—1676: Compton Census, named after its initiator Henry Compton, Bishop of London, was intended to discover the number of Anglican conformists, Roman Catholic recusants and Protestant dissenters in England and Wales from enquiries made in individual parishes
  • 1676—1676: Robert Hooke invents the universal joint
21 1677 
  • 1677—1677: Lee's Collection of Names of Merchants in London' published
  • 1677—1677: Lee's "Collection of Names of Merchants in London" published
22 1678 
  • 1678—1678: Extension of Test Act to peers
  • 1678—1678: Extension of Test Act to peers
  • 1678—1678: The first edition of the "Encyclopaedia Britiannica" published -
    in Edinburgh by William Smellie
  • 1678—1678: Census of Acadia
    Census of Acadians in New France
23 1679 
  • 1679—1679: Tories first so named
  • 1679—1679: 27th May: Haveas Corpus Act became law in England
    (Later repealed from time to time){\n}Tories first so named{\n}Battle of Bothwell Brig in Scotland{\n}Buriel in Woolen more strictly enforced
  • 1679—1679: Denis Papin invents the pressure cooker
  • 27 May 1679—27 May 1679: Habeas Corpus Act becomes law in England - (later repealed from time to time)
24 1680 
  • 1680—1680: William Dockwra(y) begins his London Penny Post
  • 1680—1680: Dodo becomes extinct in Mauritius through over-hunting
  • 1680—1680: William Dockwra(y) begins his London Penny Post
  • 1680—1770: Chinoiserie Period (Art and Antiques)
25 1681 
  • 1681—1681: Second Test Act (against non-conformists) passed by Westminster Parliament
  • 1681—1681: Oil lighting first used in London streets
  • 1681—1681: Second Test Act (against non-conformists) passed by Westminster Parliament
    Oil lighting first used in London streets.
26 1682 
  • 1682—1682: Founding of Grand-Pré
    Grand-Pré located in Minas is founded. It will become the bread basket of Acadia.
  • 1682—1682: Pennsylvania founded by William Penn
  • 1682—1682: Library of Advocates founded in Edinburgh - later National Library of Scotland
  • 1682—1682: Halley observes the comet which bears his name
  • 1682—1682: Pennsylvania founded by William Penn
    Library of Advocates founded in Edinburgh - later National Library of Scotland
27 1683 
  • 1683—1683: Wild boar become extinct in Britain
  • 1683—1683: 6th June: Ashmolean Museum opened at Oxford - first museum on Britain
  • 6 Jun 1683—6 Jun 1683: Ashmolean Museum opened at Oxford - first museum in Britain
28 1684 
  • 1684—1684: Presbyterian settlement in Stuart's Town in South Carolina
    Huguenot registers begin in London
29 1685 
  • 1685—1685: James the Second (1685-1689, died 1701) - Monmouth rebellion and battle of Sedgemoor - British Army raised to 20,000 men
  • 1685—1685: Earl of Argyll's Invasion of Scotland
  • 1685—1685: Judge Jeffreys and the Bloody Assizes - 320 executed, 800 transported
  • 1685—1685: Earl of Argyll's invasion of Scotland
    James II (1689-1689 died 1701){\n}Monmouth Rebellion and Battle of Sedgemoor{\n}British Army raised to 20,000 men{\n}Judge Jeffreys and the Bloody Assizes - 320 executed, 800 transported{\n}Revocation of the Edict of Nantes - drove thousands of Proestants
  • 1685—1688: King James II
    King James II ( 1685 - 1688 ) {\n}{\n}1685 - James succeeds his brother, Charles II.{\n}1685 - Rebellion of the Earl of Argyll in Scotland designed to place the Duke of Monmouth, Charles II's illegitimate son, on the throne is crushed and Argyll is execut
  • 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
30 1686 
  • 1686—1686: Release of all prisoners held for their religious beliefs
  • 1686—1686: Release of all prisoners held for their religious beliefs
  • 1686—1686: Census of Acadia
    Census of Acadians in New France
31 1687 
  • 1687—1687: St-Charles des Mines Church is built at Grand-Pré
  • 4 Apr 1687—4 Apr 1687: James II issues the Declaration of Indulgence, suspending laws against Catholics and non-conformists
  • 5 Jul 1687—5 Jul 1687: Newton published his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica' - written in Latin
32 1688 
  • 1688—1688: British Army raised to 40,000
  • 1688—1688: Bill of Rights limits the powers of the monarchy over parliament
  • 1688—1688: Hearth Tax abolished
  • 1688—1688: Mutiny Act
  • 1688—1688: February: Edward Lloyds Coffee House - later became Lloyd's of London
    November: The Glorious Revolution: James II abdicates{\n}William of Orange lands in England{\n}William of Hanover and Mary daughter of James II, jointly take the throne - (only William, however, has regal power){\n}British Army raised to 40,000{\n}Bill of
  • Feb 1688—Feb 1688: Edward Lloyd's Coffee House opens - later became Lloyd's of London
  • Nov 1688—Nov 1688: The Glorious Revolution: James II abdicates
  • 5 Nov 1688—5 Nov 1688: William of Orange lands at Torbay
  • Dec 1688—Dec 1688: Siege of Londonderry (began Dec 1688; ended 28 Jul 1689)
33 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.
34 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
35 1691 
  • 1691—1691: Earliest date in known German Lutheran registers
  • 1691—1691: Newfoundland census
    Census taken in Newfoundland
36 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
37 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
38 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
39 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
40 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)
41 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
42 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
43 1700 
  • 1700—1700: Population in England and Scotland approx 7.5 million
  • 1700—1700: Census of Acadia
    Census of Acadians in New France
44 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
45 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
46 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)
47 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
48 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
49 1706 
  • 1706—1706: First evening newspaper The Evening Post' issued in London
50 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
51 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
52 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
53 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
54 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
55 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
56 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)