1756 - 1761 (4 years)
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| 1 | 1756 | - 1756: Mayonnaise invented to commemorate a victory at the start of the Seven Years War, the successful seige of English-held St. Philip's Castle
- 1756: Britain, allied with Prussia, declares war against France and her allies, Austria and Russia. The Seven Years' War begins
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| 2 | 1757 | - 1757: The Pitt-Newcastle ministry. Robert Clive wins the Battle of Plassey and secures the Indian province of Bengal for Britain. William Pitt becomes Prime Minister
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| 3 | 1759 | - 1759: Wolfe captures Quebec and expels the French from Canada
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| 4 | 1760 | - 1760: Death of King George II. He is succeeded by his grandson as George III
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| 5 | 1761 | - 1761: Laurence Sterne publishes his 'Tristram Shandy'
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