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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 | 1680 | - 1680—1770: Chinoiserie Period (Art and Antiques)
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| 6 | 1689 | - 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—1697: King William's War
English Colonies vs France
- 1689—1701: French - Five Nations Indian war
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| 7 | 1694 | - 1694—1699: Scotland: Poll Tax imposed on all over sixteen, except the destitute and insane
- 12 1694—8 Mar 1702: William III
House of Stuart (restored): Reigned alone after death of Mary II
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| 8 | 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birth of a child (repealed 1706)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founded{\n}Act of Parliament imposes a fine on all who fail to inform the parish minister of the birth of a child (repealed in 1706){\n}Start of "Dissenters" lists in parish registers - children born but not christened in the parish churc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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| 9 | 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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| 10 | 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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| 11 | 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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| 12 | 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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| 13 | 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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| 14 | 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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| 15 | 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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| 16 | 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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| 17 | 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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| 18 | 1706 | - 1706—1706: First evening newspaper The Evening Post' issued in London
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| 19 | 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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| 20 | 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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| 21 | 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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| 22 | 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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| 23 | 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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| 24 | 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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| 25 | 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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| 26 | 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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| 27 | 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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| 28 | 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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| 29 | 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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| 30 | 1719 | - 1719—1719: Third abortive Jacobite rising
- 1719—1719: Third abortive Jacobite rising
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| 31 | 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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| 32 | 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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| 33 | 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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| 34 | 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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| 35 | 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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1695 - 1724 (28 years)