| 1716. | First Jacobite Rising
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| 1720. | South Sea Bubble
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| 1742. | Fall of Walpole
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| 1739-1748. | The War of Jenkins's Ear (and the Austrian Succession)
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| 1740-1744. | Anson's Voyage
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| 1745-1746. | Second Jacobite Rising
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| 1748. | Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
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| 1756-1763. | The Seven Years' War.
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| 1757. | Victory of Plassey.
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| 1759. | Victories of Minden and Quiberon Bay.
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| 1759 | Capture of Quebec
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| 1765-1783. | Quarrel with the American Colonies.
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| 1776. | Declaration of Independence.
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| 1777. | Saratoga Springs.
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| 1781. | Surrender of Yorktown
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| 1783-1801. | Pitt's First Ministry
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| 1793-1802. | War with France.
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| 1794. | The Glorious First of June.
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| 1797. | Battles of St. Vincent and Camperdown.
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| 1798. | Battle of the Nile.
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| 1801. | Battle of Copenhagen
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| 1801. | Union of Ireland with Great Britain
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| 1802. | Peace of Amiens
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| 1805. | Battle of Trafalgar
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| 1815. | Battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo
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| 1829. | Catholic Emancipation
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| 1832. | The First Reform Act
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| 1833. | Abolition of Slavery
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| 1846. | Repeal of the Corn Laws
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| 1848. | The Chartist Movement
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| 1854-1856. | Crimean War
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| 1857-1859. | Indian Mutiny
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| 1867. | Second Reform Act
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| 1867 | Formation of the Dominion of Canada
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| 1882. | Occupation of Egypt
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| 1884. | Third Reform Bill
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| 1899-1902. | South African War
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| 1900. | Formation of the Commonwealth of Australia
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| 1909. | Foundation of the Union of South Africa
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| 1911. | The Parliament Act
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