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RecID: 271 |
1744 |
George Berkeley, Reflections on Tar-Water (i.e., Siris). |
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RecID: 272 |
1744 |
Samuel Johnson, Life of Savage. |
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RecID: 273 |
1744 |
Sarah Fielding, David Simple. |
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RecID: 1815 |
1744 - 1745 |
Moses Hart and Aaron Frank, leading members of the London synagogue, petition King George on behalf of Jews banished from Bohemia. The Jews are allowed to return to their homeland. |
*Anglo-Jewish History |
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RecID: 2363 |
1744 - 1748 |
King George's War, Britain versus France in America |
*France |
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RecID: 274 |
May 1744 - May 1746 |
Eliza Haywood publishes The Female Spectator, ostensibly by a club of four women, which continues in monthly issues. |
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RecID: 275 |
May 30, 1744 |
Alexander Pope dies, Twickenham, near London. |
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RecID: 276 |
1745 |
Jonathan Swift dies. |
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RecID: 277 |
Aug 1745 |
Jacobite rebellion in Scotland: Bonnie Prince Charlie landed in the western Highlands in August and raised support among Episcopalian and Catholic clans. The Pretender's army invaded Perth,
Edinburgh, and England as far as Derby. |
*Jacobites
*Scotland |
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RecID: 278 |
1746 |
William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham, takes his first office as paymaster-general. |
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RecID: 279 |
1746 |
A Frenchman, Dupleix, ousts the Nawab of Madras, and important British port in India (in the Carnatic). |
*France
*India |
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RecID: 280 |
1746 |
William Hogarth, Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III. |
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RecID: 281 |
1746 |
Samuel Johnson commits to the Dictionary, writes "Plan for an English Dictionary" (published 1747). |
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RecID: 284 |
Apr 1746 |
5000 Highlanders faced the Duke of Cumberland leading 9000 loyalist Scots and are routed at the battle of Culloden. Charles fled back to France, ending Jacobite hopes forever.
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*Scotland
*Jacobites
*France |
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RecID: 282 |
1747 |
Samuel Johnson, "Plan for an English Dictionary." |
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RecID: 285 |
1747 |
George Whitefield, Full Account of God's Dealings with George Whitefield. |
*Methodism |
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RecID: 286 |
1747 |
Thomas Warton, "Pleasures of Melancholy." |
*Sensibility |
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RecID: 287 |
1747 |
Samuel Richardson, Clarissa. |
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RecID: 288 |
1747 |
Thomas Gray, "Ode on Eton College." |
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RecID: 289 |
1747 |
Sarah Fielding, Familiar Letters (500 people subscribe). |
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RecID: 290 |
1748 |
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle gives Madras back to the British. |
*India
*France |
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RecID: 291 |
1748 |
Eliza Haywood, Life's Progress through the Passions. |
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RecID: 292 |
1748 |
David Hume, Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding. |
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RecID: 293 |
1748 |
James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence. |
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RecID: 294 |
1748 |
La Mettrie, L'homme machine. |
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