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1714 '''Hanoverian succession'''.<br> George I (1714-27) | 1714 '''Hanoverian succession'''.<br> George I (1714-27) | ||
1727 Geoge II (1727-1760) | |||
1715 First Jacobite Rising | 1715 First Jacobite Rising | ||
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1739-48 War of Jenkins Ear - with Spain. | 1739-48 War of Jenkins Ear - with Spain. | ||
1744-8 | 1744-8 War of the Austrian Succession. | ||
1745 Second Jacobite Rising - "the '45" | 1745 Second Jacobite Rising - "the '45" | ||
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1746 Battle of Culloden. | 1746 Battle of Culloden. | ||
1756-63 | 1756-63 Seven Years War - acquisition of India and Canada. | ||
1760 George III (1760-1820). | |||
1776-81 | 1776-81 '''War of American Independence''' - the creation of the United States of America. | ||
1787 Kingdom of Ireland granted autonomy. | 1787 Kingdom of Ireland granted autonomy. | ||
1793-1815 | 1793-1815 French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. | ||
==Nineteenth century== | ==Nineteenth century== | ||
Revision as of 06:06, 14 March 2009
(Sources: 1700-1999 Norman Davies: The Isles, A History", Macmillan 1999 Appendix 42 pages 977 and 1005)
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Eighteenth century
1707 Act of Union - with Scotland.
1713 Treaty of Utrecht.
1714 Hanoverian succession.
George I (1714-27)
1727 Geoge II (1727-1760)
1715 First Jacobite Rising
1739-48 War of Jenkins Ear - with Spain.
1744-8 War of the Austrian Succession.
1745 Second Jacobite Rising - "the '45"
1746 Battle of Culloden.
1756-63 Seven Years War - acquisition of India and Canada.
1760 George III (1760-1820).
1776-81 War of American Independence - the creation of the United States of America.
1787 Kingdom of Ireland granted autonomy.
1793-1815 French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.
Nineteenth century
1801 Act of Union - with Ireland.
1805 Battle of Trafalgar.
1815 Battle of Waterloo.
1837 Queen Victoria (1837-1901)/
1845-50 Irish Famine.
1846 Repeal of Corn Laws.
1833-36 Crimean War.
1857-58 Indian Mutiny.
1898 Battle of Omdurman
1899-1902 Boer War.