Rochester, Clarendon, Cowley, Shaftesbury. The Dutch Admirals Van Tromp and De Ruyter Dryden flourished The dreadful plague The fire of London Extracts from a journal of the plague 1665 ... 135 ... 1666 ... ibid. Extract from the London Gazette of 1665; describing the fire of London .... Pertinacity & cruel punishment of Titus Oates ibid. 147 Unfortunate rebellion of Monmouth Episcopalians and leading nobility apply to the Prince of Orange William of Nassau sails for England King James abdicates the throne .... 141 ...... 149 1686 151 1687 ... 153 ..... 1688 ... 154 Is hospitably received at St. Germain's by Louis XIV. ibid. 155 Union with Scotland Sir George Byng defeats a French fleet having the Pretender on board Death of Prince George of Denmark War with France ....... 1708 ... 178 .... ibid. ..................... .................. .................................. 1709 ... ibid. The life of Harley, afterwards Earl of Oxford, attempted at the council table, by Guiscard 1710 ibid. 179 1712 ... ibid. 1714 ... ibid. A lunatic fires at the Prince of Wales in Drury A war with Sweden prevented by the mediation of the Duke of Orleans Disputes between the King and Parliament about supplies The quadruple alliance 186 ibid. ..... 1717... 188 1719... ibid. 1720... ibid. Sir George Byng defeats the Spanish fleet off Peace with Spain The celebrated South Sea bubble Lord Macclesfield found guilty of peculation Admirals Wager, Hosier, and Jennings 1725 ... ibid. .... 189 Death The Duke of Parma patronises the Pretender The Prince of Wales comes to reside in Eng- The King visits his German dominions Disputes between the King of Prussia and the Peace with Spain Repeal of the salt tax Renewal of the East India Company's Charter The Craftsman published Treaty of Vienna Sutton, Grant, Birch, Bond, and other pecula tors punished The Excise established ........ Sir Robert Walpole assaulted by the populace The Princess Anne married to the Prince of .... .... 1731 .... .... ibid. 193 1729 ... ibid. ibid. 1730 ... ibid. ibid. ibid. ibid. 194 195 The Prince of Wales married Captain Porteous hanged by the mob in Theodore, King of Corsica, dies in London Death of Queen Caroline Disputes with Spain King George the Third born June the 4th 1736 ... 197 ibid. .... ....... ... 1737 ... ibid. ibid. 198 1738 ... ibid 199 Porto 1740 ... ibid. .. ibid. The Princess Mary marries Prince Frederic of Hesse War with France, Spain, and Holland Much civil dissension occasioned by the war 1741 ... ibid. Garrick first appeared on the stage Sir Robert Walpole resigns .... 201 ... ... 1742 ... ibid. The Earl of Stair distinguised hmself abroad Naval victories .. 1743 ... ibid. Admiral Anson returns from a voyage round the world The Pelham Ministry Rebellion in Scotland 204 ibid. 1745 ... ibid. ... 205 Battle of Culloden Changes in the Ministry Naval Victories Peace with France, &c. 1746 ... ibid. 1747 ... ibid. 1748... 206 Death of the Prince of Wales, father to his present Majesty Death of Lord Bolingbroke 1750 ... ibid. Rise of the illustrious names of Pitt and Fox 1756 208 Tragedy of the Black Hole at Calcutta ... 209 1757 ... ibid. .... 1758 ... ibid. Institution The French family compact Belleisle taken from the French Sir John Cust chosen Speaker of the House of Commons .... Victories of Admiral Pococke and the Earl of Albermarle Manilla taken by Admiral Cornish and General . Draper Birth of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales The Cock-Lane Ghost A general peace Wilkes and Liberty The Duke of York born The English massacred in India by Cossim Ally Cawn The Duke of Brunswick marries his Majesty's sister Death of Churchill and Hogarth The stamp act generates disputes with America 1755 The Rockingham administration The Isle of Man bought by the crown Birth of the Duke of Clarence Death of the Old Pretender. Troubles in America Grafton Administration .... 1766 ... ibid. ... ibid. .... 232 Birth A Famine in England, occasioned by too great an exportation of Corn x 2 |