Timeline of British history (1700–1799)
This article presents a timeline of events in British history from 1700 AD until 1799 AD.
Timeline of British history (1600-1699) Timeline of British history (1800-1899)
1700 AD - 1799 AD
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- The Kingdom of Great Britain comes into being on 1 May 1707.[1]
- 1714 Queen Anne dies and is succeeded by King George I, first of the Hanoverian dynasty
- 1715 Jacobite Rising
- 1716 Disarming Act attempts to secure the peace of the Scottish Highlands
- 1719 Attempted Spanish invasion in support of Jacobites - fleet sailing for England dispersed by storms, troops land in Scotland, defeated at the Battle of Glen Shiel
- 1720 Collapse of the South Sea Company, the South Sea Bubble, results in a London stock market crash in which the average depreciation in value in stock was some 98%.
- 11 June 1727 King George I dies and is succeeded by his son King George II
- 23 October 1739 War of Jenkins' Ear - On the advice of Prime Minister Robert Walpole, war is declared on Spain
- 1743 War of Austrian Succession - open, but unofficial, hostilities between Great Britain and France
- 13 September 1743 Great Britain signs the Treaty of Worms with Austria and Sardinia
- 1744 large-scale French invasion attempt on southern England with Charles Edward Stuart stopped by storms, France declares war
- 1745 Great Britain and her allies lose the Battle of Fontenoy in Flanders
- 21 September 1745 Battle of Prestonpans
- 1745 Second Jacobite Rising
- 1746 The Act of Proscription seeks to crush the Scottish clans, the kilt banned.
- 1746 16 April, Battle of Culloden effectively ends the second Jacobite Rising
- 1754 - 1763 -- French and Indian War in the North American English colonies.
- 1760 King George II dies and is succeeded by his grandson, King George III.
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