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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1733 | - 1733—1733: Law forbidding the use of Latin in parish registers generally obeyed - some continued in
Latin for a few years
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| 2 | 1739 | - 7 Apr 1739—7 Apr 1739: Dick Turpin, highwayman, hanged at York
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| 3 | 1744 | - 1744—1744: Tune 'God Save the King' makes its appearance
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| 4 | 1746 | - 16 Apr 1746—16 Apr 1746: 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
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| 5 | 1752 | - 3 Sep 1752—3 Sep 1752: Julian Calendar dropped and Gregorian Calendar adopted in England and
Scotland, making this Sep 14
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| 6 | 1754 | - 1754—1754: Hardwicke Act (1753): Banns to be called, and Printed Marriage Register forms to be
used - Quakers & Jews exempt
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| 7 | 1755 | - 1755—1755: Publication of Dictionary of the English Language' by Dr Samuel Johnson
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| 8 | 1762 | - 1762—1762: Cigars introduced into Britain from Cuba
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| 9 | 1764 | - 1764—1764: James Hargeaves invents the Spinning Jenny (but destroyed 1768)
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| 10 | 1767 | - 1767—1767: Newcomen's steam pumping engine perfected by James Watt
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| 11 | 1768 | - 6 Dec 1768—6 Dec 1768: The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica' published in Edinburgh by
William Smellie
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| 12 | 1769 | - 1769—1769: Arkwright invents water frame (textile production)
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| 13 | 1770 | - 28 Apr 1770—28 Apr 1770: Capt James Cook lands in Australia (Botany Bay) ? Aug 21: formally claims
Australia for Britain
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| 14 | 1776 | - 4 Jul 1776—4 Jul 1776: American Declaration of Independence
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| 15 | 1779 | - 1779—1779: First iron bridge built, over the Severn by John Wilkinson
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| 16 | 1782 | - 1782—1782: James Watt patents his steam engine
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| 17 | 1783 | - 3 Nov 1783—3 Nov 1783: Last public execution at Tyburn in London (John Austin, a highwayman)
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| 18 | 1784 | - 2 Aug 1784—2 Aug 1784: First mail coaches in England (4pm Bristol / 8am London)
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| 19 | 1789 | - 28 Apr 1789—28 Apr 1789: Mutiny on HMS Bounty - Captain William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift
and the rebel crew ends up on Pitcairn Island
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| 20 | 1791 | - 4 Dec 1791—4 Dec 1791: First publication of The Observer - world's oldest Sunday newspaper
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| 21 | 1793 | - 11 Feb 1793—11 Feb 1793: Britain declares war on France (1793-1802)
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| 22 | 1795 | - 1795—1795: Consumption of lime juice made compulsory in Royal Navy
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| 23 | 1796 | - 14 May 1796—14 May 1796: Dr Edward Jenner gave first vaccination for smallpox in England
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| 24 | 1800 | - 1800—1800: Electric light first produced by Sir Humphrey Davy
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Bef 1749 - Bef 1800 (< 50 years)
