Great Britain - 1700 to 1799

Decade

British Monarchs

Some Events from History

1700



March 1707 - Act of Union of England and Scotland is ratified


8 Mar 1702

Queen Anne










1710



1718 - First British convicts are transported to penal colonies abroad





1 Aug 1714

King George I







1720



Apr 1721 - Robert Walpole becomes the first British Prime Minister








11 Jan 1727

King George II




1730



19 Oct 1739 - Britain declares war on Spain - ‘War of Jenkin’s Ear’ begins













1740



23 Jul 1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie lands in Scotland to claim the British throne


16 Apr 1746 - Jacobites are defeated at Culloden













1750



May 1756 - Seven Years War between Britain and France begins













1760

25 Oct 1760

King George III

1768 - Captain James Cook starts his first expedition to the Pacific













1770



1771 - Britain’s first cotton mill opens


16 Dec 1773 - The Boston Tea Party


18 Apr 1775 - American War of Independence begins













1780



14 Jul 1789 - French revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille














1790



1 Feb 1793 - Britain goes to war with France