Events and Index

EVENTS 1710-1739

1714 - end of reign of Queen Anne. George I becomes King
1717 - Freemasons Grand Lodge of England founded
1718 - invention of the machine gun
1720 - collapse of the "South Sea Bubble"
1721 - Robert Walpole appointed first Prime Minister
1725 - invention of mine pump steam engine
1725 - troops fire on tax rioters in Glasgow
1726 - Jonathan Swift publishes "Gulliver's Travels"
1727 - repeal of the Corporation Act
1727 - end of reign of George I. George II becomes King
1732 - 10 Downing Street becomes residence of the Prime Minister
1733 - invention of flying-shuttle loom
1739 - Dick Turpin hanged