1725 - 1788 (63 years)
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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1727 | - 11 Jun 1727—11 Jun 1727: George I dies - George II Hanover becomes king
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| 2 | 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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| 3 | 1739 | - 1739—1739: Wesley and Whitefield commence great Methodist revival
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| 4 | 1741 | - 1741—1741: Benjamin Ingham founded the Moravian Methodists or Inghamites - Earliest Moravian
registers
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| 5 | 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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| 6 | 1754 | - 1754—1754: Hardwicke Act (1753): Banns required & Printed Marriage Register forms used. Quakers & Jews were exempt
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| 7 | 1759 | - 1759—1759: Wesley builds 356 Methodist chapels
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| 8 | 1760 | - 25 Oct 1760—25 Oct 1760: George II dies - George III Hanover, his grandson, becomes king.
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| 9 | 1780 | - 1780—1780: Male Servants Tax
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| 10 | 1783 | - 1783—1783: Duty payable on Parish Register entries (3d per entry - repealed 1794) - led to a fall in
entries!
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| 11 | 1784 | - 2 Aug 1784—2 Aug 1784: First mail coaches in England (4pm Bristol / 8am London)
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| 12 | 1785 | - 1785—1785: Sunday School Society founded to educate poor children.
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| 13 | 1788 | - 1788—1788: Law passed requiring that chimney sweepers be a minimum of 8 years old.
- 26 Jan 1788—26 Jan 1788: First convicts & free settlers arrive in New South Wales, eleven ships commanded by Captain Arthur Phillip
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