1718 - 1782 (64 years)
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Yes
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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1723 | - 1723—1723: The Workhouse Act or Test - to get relief, a poor person has to enter Workhouse
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| 2 | 1727 | - 11 Jun 1727—11 Jun 1727: George I dies - George II Hanover becomes king
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| 3 | 1733 | - 1733—1733: Law forbidding the use of Latin in parish registers generally obeyed - some continued in
Latin for a few years
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| 4 | 1739 | - 1739—1739: Wesley and Whitefield commence great Methodist revival
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| 5 | 1741 | - 1741—1741: Benjamin Ingham founded the Moravian Methodists or Inghamites - Earliest Moravian
registers
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| 6 | 1752 | - 3 Sep 1752—3 Sep 1752: Julian Calendar dropped and Gregorian Calendar adopted in England and
Scotland, making this Sep 14
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| 7 | 1754 | - 1754—1754: Hardwicke Act (1753): Banns required & Printed Marriage Register forms used. Quakers & Jews were exempt
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| 8 | 1759 | - 1759—1759: Wesley builds 356 Methodist chapels
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| 9 | 1760 | - 25 Oct 1760—25 Oct 1760: George II dies - George III Hanover, his grandson, becomes king.
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| 10 | 1780 | - 1780—1780: Male Servants Tax
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