Daniel Andrews, Sr

Daniel Andrews, Sr

Male 1649 - Abt 1731  (81 years)


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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
1625 
  • 1625—1649: King Charles I
    King Charles I ( 1625 - 1649 ) {\n}{\n}1625 - Charles I succeeds his father, James I.{\n}1626 - Parliament attempts to impeach the Duke of Buckingham and is dissolved by Charles.{\n}1627 - England goes to war with France, but at La Rochelle the Duke of Bu
  • 1625—1649: Carolean Age
  • 3 1625—30 Jan 1649: Charles I
    House of Stuart: Only surviving son of James I; beheaded Jan 30, 1649
1630 
  • 1630—1750: Renaissance Period - Art and Antiques
  • 1630—1750: Baroque Period (Art and Antiques)
1636 
  • 1636—1755: PRE-DEPORTATION PERIOD
1649 
  • 1649—1649: Cromwell's Irish campaign starts
  • 1649—1649: King Charles II proclaimed King of Scots and England in Scotland
  • 1649—1649: 30th June: King Charles I executed
    19th May: Commonwealth declared{\n}Cromwell's Irish campaign starts{\n}King Charles II proclaimed King of Scots and England in Scotland
  • 1649—1660: Commonwealth period - Oliver Cromwell
  • 6 Jan 1649—6 Jan 1649: 'Rump' Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial
  • 30 Jan 1649—30 Jan 1649: King Charles I executed
  • 19 May 1649—19 May 1649: Commonwealth declared
  • 20 Dec 1649—20 Dec 1649: Theatres banned by Cromwell
  • 20 Dec 1649—20 Dec 1649: Christmas banned by Cromwell
  • 12 1649—3 Sep 1658: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector
    Commonwealth & Protectorate:
1650 
  • 1650—1650: Coffee brought to England about this time
  • 1650—1650: George Fox founds Society of Friends (Quakers)
    Coffee brought to England about this time
  • 1650—1650: Otto von Guericke invents a air pump
1651 
  • 1651—1651: The second English Civil War (1651-1652)
  • 1651—1651: Scottish prisoners transported to the British settlements in America
  • 1651—1652: The second English Civil War
    Scottish prisoners transported to the English settlements in America
  • 3 Sep 1651—3 Sep 1651: Battle of Worcester
1653 
  • 1653—1653: Commonwealth registers start
  • 1653—1653: Under the Act of Settlement Cromwell's opponents stripped of land
  • 1653—1653: Provincial probate courts abolished - probates granted only in London
  • 1653—1660: Provincial probate courts abolished - probates granted only in London
  • 1653—1653: Commonwealther registers start
    Commonwealth changed into Cromwell's Protectorate{\n}Under the Act of Settlement Cromwell's opponents stripped of land (in Ireland?)
  • 20 Apr 1653—20 Apr 1653: Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament
  • 16 Dec 1653—16 Dec 1653: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
10 1655 
  • 1655—1655: Fort Port-Royal is captured by the British
  • 1655—1655: Fort Port-Royal captured by the British
11 1656 
  • 1656—1656: Christian Huygens invents a pendulum clock
12 1657 
  • 1657—1657: Post Office established by Act of Parliament [others say 1660]
  • 1657—1657: A few Jews permitted to settle in England
  • 1657—1657: Post Office established by Act of Parliament (others say 1660)
    A few Jews permitted to settle in England
13 1658 
  • 1658—1658: Richard Cromwell (son of Oliver) Lord Protector (-1660)
  • 1658—1658: Death of Oliver Cromwell
  • 1658—1660: Richard Cromwell (son of Oliver) Lord Protector
  • 9 Mar 1658—24 May 1659: Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector
    Commonwealth & Proctorate: 3rd son of Oliver. Resigned May 25, 1659
  • 3 Sep 1658—3 Sep 1658: Death of Oliver Cromwell
14 1659 
  • 1659—1659: Start of national meteorological Temperature records in the UK
  • 1659—1659: 6th February - date of first known cheque to be drawn
  • 1659—1659: Lake Superior explored
    Pierre-Esprit Radisson & Sieur des Groseilliers explore Lake Superior
  • 6 Feb 1659—6 Feb 1659: Date of first known bank cheque to be drawn
15 1660 
  • 1660—1660: Commonwealth registers ended, Parish Registers resumed
  • 1660—1660: Provincial Probate Courts re-established
  • 1660—1660: Clarendon code restricts Puritans' religious freedom
  • 1660—1660: Composition of light discovered by Newton
  • 1660—1660: Honourable East India Company founded by British
  • 1660—1660: 1st January - Samuel Pepys starts his diary
    29th May - Restoration of British Monarchy - Oak Apple Day - Theartres reopened{\n}Commonwealth registers ended, Parish registers resumed{\n}Provincial Probate Courtds re-established{\n}Oct: Ten Regicides are executed at Charing Cross or Tyburn - Thomas H
  • 1660—1660: Quaker-Scottish colony was established in East New Jersey
  • 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
  • 1660—1660: Restoration Period
  • 1660—1660: Cuckoo clocks made in Furtwangen, Germany, in the Black Forest region
  • 1 Jan 1660—1 Jan 1660: Samuel Pepys starts his diary
  • 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.
  • 29 May 1660—29 May 1660: Restoration of British monarchy (Charles II) - 'Oak Apple Day' - theatres reopened
  • 17 Oct 1660—17 Oct 1660: Ten Regicides are executed at Charing Cross or Tyburn
  • 28 Nov 1660—28 Nov 1660: Twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society
  • 8 Dec 1660—8 Dec 1660: First actress plays in London (Margaret Hughes as Desdemona)
16 1661 
  • 1661—1661: Restoration of Episcopacy in Scotland
  • 1661—1661: Board of Trade founded in London
  • 1661—1661: Hand-struck postage stamps first used
  • 1661—1661: Corporation Act prevents non-Anglicans from holding municipal office
  • 1661—1661: Persectution of Non-Conformists in England
    Restoration of Episcopacy in Scotland{\n}Board of Trade founded in London{\n}Hand-struck postage stamps first used{\n}Corporation Act prevents non-anglicans from holding municipal office
  • 30 Jan 1661—30 Jan 1661: Oliver Cromwell formally 'executed', having been dead for over two years!
17 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
18 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
19 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
20 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
21 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)
22 1667 
  • 1667—1667: Treaty of Breda
    Acadia is recognized as a French possession
23 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
24 1669 
  • 1669—1669: Earliest Lutheran registers survive from this year
  • 31 May 1669—31 May 1669: Last entry in Pepys's diary
25 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
26 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
27 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
28 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
29 1674 
  • 10 Nov 1674—10 Nov 1674: Treaty of Westminster - Netherlands cedes New Netherlands (on the eastern coast of North America) to Britain
30 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
31 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
32 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
33 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
34 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)
35 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)
36 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.
37 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
38 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
39 1684 
  • 1684—1684: Presbyterian settlement in Stuart's Town in South Carolina
    Huguenot registers begin in London
40 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
41 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
42 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
43 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)
44 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.
45 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
46 1691 
  • 1691—1691: Earliest date in known German Lutheran registers
  • 1691—1691: Newfoundland census
    Census taken in Newfoundland
47 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
48 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
49 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
50 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
51 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)
52 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
53 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
54 1700 
  • 1700—1700: Population in England and Scotland approx 7.5 million
  • 1700—1700: Census of Acadia
    Census of Acadians in New France
55 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
56 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
57 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)
58 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
59 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
60 1706 
  • 1706—1706: First evening newspaper The Evening Post' issued in London
61 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
62 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
63 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
64 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
65 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
66 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
67 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)
68 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).
69 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
70 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
71 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
72 1719 
  • 1719—1719: Third abortive Jacobite rising
  • 1719—1719: Third abortive Jacobite rising
73 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
74 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)
75 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
76 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
77 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
78 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
79 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
80 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
81 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
82 1730 
  • 1730—1730: Irish famine
  • 1730—1750: Rococo Period (Art and Antiques)
83 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