HANOVER TIME LINE
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| 1714 | Death of Anne; accession of King George the First. ( who died 1727 ) |
| Ministry of Townshend and Walpole. | |
| 1715 | Jacobite Revolt under Lord Mar, aimed at overthrowing the Hanoverian succession fails |
| 1716 | The Septennial Bill sets the maximum duration of a parliament at seven years |
| 1717 | Whig split; suspension of convocation |
| The Triple Alliance. | |
| Ministry of Lord Stnnhope. | |
| 1718 | The Quadruple Alliance |
| 1720 | The South Sea Company - many investors ruined after speculation in the South Sea Bubble |
| 1723 | Failure of the Peerage Bill |
| 1721 | Ministry of Sir Robert Walpole. |
| 1722 | Atterbury Plot, the most notable Jacobite plot |
| Exile of Bishop Atterbury. | |
| 1726 | Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels " published |
| 1727 | Death of George I; accession of George the Second (who died 1760 ). |
| War with Austria and Spain. | |
| 1729 | Treaty of Seville. |
| Alexander Pope's Dunciad published | |
| 1730 | Walpole / Townshend split |
| Free exportation of American rice allowed | |
| 1731 | Treaty of Vienna. |
| 1733 | Walpole's Excise Bill : Walpole has to abandon his plans to reorganize the customs and excise |
| War of the Polish Succession. | |
| Family compact between France and Spain. | |
| 1737 | Death of Queen Caroline |
| 1738 | The Methodists appear in London.Wesley's 'conversion' starts Methodism |
| 1739 | War declared with Spain ( naval war - War of Jenkins' Ear ) |
| 1740 | War of the Austrian Succession |
| 1741 | Samuel Richardson's Pamela published |
| 1742 | Resignation of Walpole. |
| 1743 | Battle of Dettingen, June27. |
| 1744 | Ministry of Pelham |
| 1745 | Ministry of Henry Pelham. |
| Jacobite Rebellion led by ' Bonnie Prince Charlie' | |
| Battle of Fontenoy, May 31. | |
| Charles Edward lands in Scotlad. | |
| Battle of Prestonpans. Sept.21. | |
| Charles Edward reaches Derby, Dec. 4 | |
| 1746 | Battle of Culloden: the duke of Cumberland routs the Jacobite army |
| Battle of Falkirk, Jan.23. | |
| Battle of Culloden, Apr16. | |
| 1748 | Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle concludes. - War of the Austrian Succession |
| Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. | |
| 1751 | Clive's surprise of Arcot. |
| 1752 | Adoption of Gregorian Calendar |
| 1753 | Jewish Naturalization Bill |
| 1754 | Death of Henry Pelham.. |
| Duke of Newcastle ministry | |
| 1755 | The Seven Years' War. - Defeat of General Braddock. |
| 1756 | Britain allied with Frederick the Great of Prussian against France, Austria, and Russia |
| Loss of Port Mahon. - Retreat of Admiral Byng. | |
| 1757 | Convention of Closter Seven. |
| Pitt - Newcastle ministry; Battle of Plaasey, June 23. | |
| British victory over Bengal | |
| 1758 | Capture of Louisburg and Cape Breton. |
| Capture of Fort Duquesne. | |
| 1759 | Capture of Quebec: British victory over the French |
| Battle of Minden, August 1. | |
| Capture of Fort Niagara and Ticonderoga. | |
| Wolfe's victory on Heights of Abraham. | |
| Battle of Quiberon Bay, Nov. 20. | |
| 1760 | Death of George II; accession of George the Third (who died 1820 ) |
| Battle of Wandewash. | |
| 1761 | Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy published - Brindley's Canal over the Irwell. |
| Pitt resigns office. Ministry of Lord Bute. | |
| 1762 | George III bought Buckingham House where Buckingham Palace now stands and was known afterwards as |
| the Queens Palace . | |
| 1762 | Bute's ministry |
| 1763 | Peace of Paris concludes Seven Years War; Grenville ministry; Wilkes and General Warrants |
| Wedgwood established potteries. | |
| 1764 | First expulsion of Wilkes from House of Commons. |
| Beginning of the Industrial Revolution | |
| Hargreaves invents Spinning Jenny. | |
| 1765 | Ministry of Lord Rockingham.; |
| American Stamp Act attempts to make the defence of the American colonies self- financing: repealed 1766 | |
| Meeting and Protest of American Congress. | |
| Watt invents Steam Engine. | |
| 1766 | Repeal of the Stamp Act |
| Ministry of Lord Chatham | |
| 1768 | Ministry of the Duke of Grafton. Second expulsion of Wilkes; Middlesex election crisis |
| Arkwright invents Spinning Machine | |
| 1769 | Wilkes three times elected for Middlesex. |
| House of Commons seats Col. Luttrell. | |
| Occupation of Boston by British troops. | |
| Letters of Junius. | |
| James Watt's steam engine patented | |
| 1770 | Lord North's ministry; |
| Edmund Burke's Thoughts on the Present Discontents published; | |
| Falkland Islands crisis | |
| Chatham's proposal of Parliamentary Reform | |
| 1771 | Last attempt to prevent Parliamentary reporting. |
| Begining of the treat English journals. | |
| 1773 | Hastings appointed Governor-General. |
| Boston Tea Party: American colonists protest against the East India Company's monopoly of tea exports' - | |
| to America | |
| 1774 | Military occupation of Boston. |
| Its port closed. | |
| Massachusetts Charter altered. | |
| Congress assembles at Philadelphia. | |
| Coercive Acts passed in retaliation for Boston Tea Party | |
| 1775 | Rejection of Chatham's plan of conciliation. |
| Skirmish at Lexington. | |
| America under Washington, besiege Boston. | |
| Battle of Bunkers Hill. | |
| Southern Colonies expel their Governors. | |
| 1776 | Declaration of American Independeuice; July 4. |
| Arnold invades Canada. | |
| Evacuation of Boston. | |
| Battles of Brooklyn and Trenton. | |
| books published -- Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall -- Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations | |
| Crompton invests the Mule. | |
| 1777 | Battle of Brandywine. |
| Surrender of Saratoga, Oct. 17. | |
| Chatham proposes Federal Union. | |
| Washington at Valley Forge. | |
| 1778 | Alliance of France and Spain with United States. |
| Death of Chatham. | |
| 1779 | Wyvill's Association movement |
| Siege of Gibraltar. | |
| Armed Neutrality of Northern Powers. | |
| The Irish Volunteers. | |
| 1780 | Gordon Riots develop from a procession to petition parliament, against the Catholic Relief Act |
| Capture of Charlestown. | |
| Descent of Hyder All on the Carnatic. | |
| 1781 | Defeat of Hyder at Porte Novo. |
| Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. American victory over British troops | |
| 1782 | Second Ministry of Lord Rockingham March . - Shelburne Ministry July. |
| Victories of Rodney. | |
| Repeal of Poynings' Act | |
| Pitt's Bill for Parliamentary Reform. | |
| Burke's Bill of Economical Reform. | |
| Repulse of Miles from Gibraltar. | |
| 1783 | Younger Pitt's ministrys |
| Treaties of Paris and Versaille recognizes independence of American colonies; | |
| Coalition Ministry of Fox and North. | |
| Fox's India Bill. | |
| 1784 | Pitt's East India Act |
| Financial Reforms. | |
| 1785 | Parliamentary Reform Bill. - Pitt's motion for parliamentary reform defeated |
| Free Trade Bill between England and Ireland. | |
| 1786 | Eden commercial treaty with France - |
| Trial of Warren Hastings. | |
| 1787 | Treaty of Commerce with France. |
| 1788 | The Regency Bill. |
| 1789 | French Revolution |
| Meeting of States-General at Versailles. | |
| New French Constitution. | |
| Triple Alliance for defence of Turkey. | |
| 1790 | Quarrel over Nootka Sound. |
| Pitt defends Poland. | |
| Edmund Burke's " Reflection on the French Revolution." published | |
| 1791 | Representative Government set up in Canada |
| Fox's libel Act | |
| Burke's "Appeal from the New do the Old Whigs." | |
| Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man published | |
| 1792 | Coal gas used for lighting ; Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women published.. |
| Pitt hinders Holland from joining the Coalition. | |
| France opens the Scheldt. | |
| Pitt's efforts for peace. | |
| The United Irishmen. | |
| 1793 | France declares War on England. |
| Part of Whigs join Pitt. | |
| English army lands in Flanders. | |
| English driven from Toulon. | |
| voluntary Board of Agriculture set up; commercial depression | |
| 1794 | English driven from Holland. |
| Suspension of Habeas Corpus Act. | |
| Victory of Lord Howe, June 1. | |
| 1795 | 'Speenhamland' system of outdoor relief adopted, making up wages to equal cost of subsistence |
| 1796 | Vaccination against smallpox introduced |
| Burk's " Letters on a Regicide Peace." | |
| 1797 | England alone in the War with France. |
| Battle of Camperdown. | |
| Battle of Cape St. Vincent | |
| 1798 | T. R. Malthus's Essay on Population published; |
| Tax of ten per cent on incomes over £200 introduced | |
| Irish revolt crushed at Vinegar Hill. | |
| Battle of the Nile. | |
| 1799 | Trade Unions suppressed; Napoleon appointed First Consul in France |
| 1799 | Pitt revives the Coalition against France. |
| Conquest of Mysore. | |
| 1800 | Surrender of Malta to Englith Fleet |
| Armed Neutrality of Northern Powers. | |
| Act of Union with Ireland. | |
| 1799 - 1801 | Commercial boom |
| 1801 | Union with Ireland; first British Census |
| George the Third rejects Pitt's Plan of Catholic Emancipation. | |
| Administration of Mr. Addington. | |
| Surrender of French army in Egypt. | |
| Battle of Copenhagen. | |
| 1802 | Peace of Amiens with France; Peel introduces first factory legislation |
| Publication of "Edinburgh Review." | |
| 1803 | War declared against Buonaparte, war with France; |
| General Enclosure Act simplifies process of enclosure of common land | |
| Battle of Aassaye. | |
| 1804 | Second Ministry of Pitt. |
| 1805 | Battle of Trafalgar Oct 23.: Nelson defeats the French and Spanish fleets |
| Death of Nelson | |
| 1806 | Death of Pitt, Jan 23. |
| Ministry of Lord Grenville. | |
| Death of Fox. | |
| 1807 | Orders' in Council |
| Abolition of Slave Trade. | |
| Ministry of Duke of Portland. | |
| Seirure of Danish Fleet. | |
| 1808 | Battle of Vimiera, and Convention of Cintra. |
| 1809- 10 | Commercial boom Depression because of Orders in Council; |
| America passes Non-Intercourse Act. | |
| Battle of Corunna, Jan. 16. 1809 | |
| Wellesley drives Soult from Oporto. | |
| Battle of Talavera, July 28. 1809 | |
| Expedition against Walcheren. | |
| Ministry of Spencer Perceval | |
| Revival of Parliamentary Reform | |
| 1810 | Battle of Busaco. |
| Lines of Torres Vedras. | |
| 1811 | George, Prince of Wales, made Regent |
| Battle of Fuentes d'Onore, May 5. | |
| Luddite'disturbances in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire; - Luddite Riots. | |
| 1812 | Castlereagh Foreign Secretary. |
| Ministry of Lord Liverpool. | |
| Storm of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. | |
| America declares, War against England. | |
| Battle of Salamanca, July 22. | |
| Wellington retreats from Burgos. | |
| Victories of American Frigates. | |
| 1813 | East India Company's monopoly abolished |
| Battle of Vitoria, June 21. | |
| Battles of the Pyrenees. | |
| Wellington enters France, Oct. | |
| Americans attack Canada. | |
| 1814 | Battle of Orthes. |
| Battle of Toulouse, April 10. | |
| Battle of Chippewa, July. | |
| Raid upon Washington. | |
| British repulse, at Plattsburg and New Orleans. | |
| 1815 | Corn Law passed setting price of corn |
| Battle of Quartre Bras, June 16.. | |
| Battle of Waterloo. June 18. defeat of Napoleon; peace in Europe: Congress of Vienna; | |
| Treaty of Vienna. | |
| 1815 -1817 | Commercial boom |
| 1817 | Colonization in Australia. |
| Bentham's doctrine of utility. | |
| Slump; the Blanketeers' march and other disturbances | |
| 1818 | Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle. |
| 1819 | Peterloo massacre: troops intervene at mass reform meeting, killing 11 and wounding 400 |
| The Six Acts carried. | |
| Singapore annexed. | |
| 1820 | Death of George III ; accession of George the Fourth (who died 1830) |
