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| 1 | 1713 | - 1713: The Treaty of Utrecht is signed by Britain and France, thus concluding the War of the Spanish Succession
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| 2 | 1714 | - 1714: Death of Queen Anne at Kensington Palace. She is succeeded by her distant cousin, the Elector George of Hanover, as King George I. A new parliament is elected with a strong Whig majority, led by Charles Townshend and Robert Walpole
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| 3 | 1715 | - 1715: Thomas Fairchild produced the first artificial hybrid plant
- 1715: The Jacobite Rebellion begins in Scotland with the aim of overthrowing the Hanovarian succession and placing the "Old Pretender" - James II's son - on the throne. The rebellion is easily defeated
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| 4 | 1716 | - 1716: The Septennial Act sets General Elections to be held every seven years
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| 5 | 1717 | - 1717: Townshend is dismissed from government by George I, causing Walpole to resign. The Whig party is split. Convocation is suspended
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| 6 | 1719 | - 1719: South Sea Bubble bursts, leaving many investors ruined after speculating with stock of the 'South Sea Company'
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| 7 | 1721 | - 1721: Sir Robert Walpole Prime Minister to 1742 (Whig)
- 1721: Sir Robert Walpole returns to government as First Lord of the Treasury. He remains in office until 1742 and effectively becomes Britain's first Prime Minister
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| 8 | 1722 | - 1722: First written reference to Stilton cheese in William Stukeley?s Itinerarium Curiosum, letter V
- 1722: Death of the Duke of Marlborough. The Jacobite 'Atterbury Plot' is hatched
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| 9 | 1726 | - 1726: First circulating library in Britain opens in Edinburgh. Jonathan Swift publishes his 'Gulliver's Travels'
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| 10 | 1727 | - 1727: Death of Sir Isaac Newton and of King George I (in Hanover). The latter is succeeded by his son as King George II
- 1727: The Gentleman's Magazine', first modern magazine, published
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| 11 | 1728 | - 1728: Pierre Fauchard, in 'The Surgeon Dentist', described preventive measures to keep teeth healthy as well as inventing the word 'dentist.'
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| 12 | 1729 | - 1729: Alexander Pope publishes his ' Dunciad'
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| 13 | 1730 | - 1730: A split occurs between Walpole and Townshend
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| 14 | 1732 | - 1732: A royal charter is granted for the founding of Georgia in America
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| 15 | 1733 | - 1733: The 'Excise Crisis' occurs and Walpole is forced to abandon his plans to reorganise the customs and excise
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| 16 | 1736 | - 1736: John Harrison finished building and tested at sea what proved to be the first accurate chronometer for timing longitude
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| 17 | 1737 | - 1737: Death of King George II's wife, Queen Caroline
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| 18 | 1738 | - 1738: John and Charles Wesley start the Methodist movement in Britain
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| 19 | 1739 | - 1739: Britain goes to war with Spain in the 'War of Jenkins' Ear'. The cause: Captain Jenkins' ear was claimed to have been cut off during a Naval Skirmish
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| 20 | 1740 | - 1740: Commencement of the War of Austrian Succession in Europe
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| 21 | 1742 | - 1742: Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington Prime Minister until 1743 (Whig)
- 1742: Beginning with a bull calf from the cow 'Silver' and two cows, 'Pidgeon' and 'Mottle' (inherited from his father's estate), Benjamin Tomkins is credited with founding the Hereford breed.
- 1742: Walpole resigns as Prime Minister
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| 22 | 1743 | - 1743: Henry Pelham Prime Minister until 1754 (Whig)
- 1743: George II leads British troops into battle at Dettingen in Bavaria
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| 24 | 1745 | - 1745: Jacobite Rebellion in Scotland led by 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'. There is a Scottish victory at Prestonpans
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| 25 | 1746 | - 1746: The Duke of Cumberland crushes the Scottish Jacobites at the Battle of Culloden
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| 26 | 1747 | - 1747: Yorkshire pudding mentioned in recipes
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1712 - 1747 (35 years)