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1704 England starts to acquire colonies as a result of wars and exploration
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Gibraltar, 1704; parts of India 1757-1765;Canada ceded to Britain 1763; Falkland Islands, 1766; Australia, 1769; Malta, 1800.
1700 | -1800 | The Church was divided into East and West sections by glazed and panelled partitions More info | ||
1701 | -1714 | Samuel Burnet, B.A., junior, Vicar of North Grantham | ||
1706 | Solomon Bequest More info | |||
1709 | Bishop of Lincoln confirmed 1,200 at one service | |||
1710 | -1736 | John Harrison, Vicar of South Grantham | ||
1714 | The Vicarages were united 22 July 1714, John Harrison became the sole incumbent |
1685 | The Royal Charter names Robert Cracroft as the town's first mayor | |||
1707 | A fire resulted in the loss of 17 houses More info | |||
1719 | Grantham described as "a considerable market town" |
1685 | -1688 | King James II | ||
1688 | -1694 | James II flees the country. King William III (William of Orange) and Mary II | ||
1689 | The Bill of Rights reduced royal power, ruled out Catholic monarchs and decreed that taxes and laws had to have parliamentary consent | |||
1689 | Toleration Act allowed freedom of choice in worship | |||
1694 | The Bank of England was founded | |||
1694 | -1702 | Mary II died; William III ruled alone | ||
1701 | Act of Settlement provides for Protestant Succession of the House of Hanover | |||
1702 | The first newspaper - The Daily Courant | |||
1702 | -1714 | Anne became Queen | ||
1704 | -1800 | England starts to acquire colonies as a result of wars and exploration More info | ||
1707 | Act of Union united England and Scotland | |||
1714 | -1725 | King George I: House of Hanover | ||
1715 | Unsuccessful Jacobite Rising under the 'Old Pretender' James Stuart | |||
1721 | -1742 | Sir Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister | ||
1725 | -1760 | King George II |
James II | Crowned | 1685 | Died | 1688 | 1685 Battle of Sedgemoor | Stuart |
William III and Mary II | Crowned | 1688 | Died | 1702 | 1690 Battle of the Boyne | Stuart |
Anne | Crowned | 1702 | Died | 1714 | 1707 Act of Union to create Great Britain | Stuart |
George I | Crowned | 1714 | Died | 1727 | 1720 South Sea Bubble | Hanover |