Events and Index

EVENTS 1740-1769

1740 - Calvanistic Methodists split from Wesleyan Methodists
1741 - over 10% of Ireland's population die in famine
1744 - war between Britain and France
1745 - start of Jacobite rebellion
1746 - Battle of Culloden
1749 - Bow Street Runners formed
1750 approx - start of widespread creation of Turnpikes (toll roads)
1751-1752 - Julian Calendar replaces Gregorian Calendar
 — 1751 - year 9 months long (April to December)
 — 1752 - Years start on 1st January.
 — 1752 - 2 September followed by 14 September. 11 days omitted.
1755 - Dr Johnson publishes his dictionary
1756 - start of Seven Years' War
1756 - 123 die in the Black Hole of Calcutta
1757 - William Pitt becomes Prime Minister
1760 - end of reign of George II. George III becomes King
1763 - end of Seven Years' War
1764 - invention of the spinning jenny
1769 - first Sunday school started by Hannah Ball, Methodist