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51 Caratacus
, British
resistance leader, is captured and taken to Rome
.
1612 Forces of the British East India Company
and Portugal
engage in the Battle of Swally off the coast of India
, which the British
win.
1683 The British
crown colony of New York
is subdivided into 12 counties
1707 The Acts of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England
and Scotland
into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1717 January 4 — The Netherlands
, Britain
& France
sign Triple Alliance
1726 George Friderich Handel becomes a British
subject.
1753 Britain
and its colonies adopt the idea that 1st January should be New Year's Day
, following adoption of the Gregorian calendar
in September 1752. The concept was first conceived in 1582, but suffered from slow public adoption.
1757 Battle of Plassey: 3000 British
troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong India
n army under Siraj-ud-Dawlah at Plassey.
1758 Battle of the Bay of Bengal: A British
fleet under Sir George Pocock
engages the French fleet of Anne Antoine d'Aché indecisively near Madras.
1765 The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British
military operations in North America
.
1768 Secretary of State
for colonies appointed in Britain
1770 Joseph Priestley
, British
chemist, recommends the use of a rubber to remove pencil
marks.
1774 Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to let British
soldiers into their homes, is reenacted.
1775 American Revolutionary War: The British
forces offered a pardon to all colonists who would lay down their arms.
1775 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Montreal - Patriot
revolutionary forces under Col. Ethan Allen
capture Montreal from British
General Guy Carleton
.
1776 American Revolutionary War: British
forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts
after George Washington
commands the placement of artillery
overlooking the city at Dorchester Heights.
1776 American Revolutionary War: The Royal Colony of North Carolina produces the Halifax Resolves making it the first British colony to officially authorize its Continental Congress
delegates to vote for independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1776 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Valcour Island: On Lake Champlain near Valcour Island, a British
fleet led by Sir Guy Carleton
defeats 15 American
gunboats commanded by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold
. Although nearly all of Arnold's ships are destroyed, the two day-long battle will give Patriot forces enough time to prepare defenses of New York City
.
1776 American Revolutionary War: Battle of White Plains: British
forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans
.
1777 Battle of Brandywine - Major American Revolution
ary war victory for British
in Chester County, Pennsylvania
.
1778 American Revolutionary War: Louis XVI of France
declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1778 American Revolution
: First Battle of Ushant - British
and French
fleets fight to a standoff.
1779 American Revolutionary War
: United States
forces led by General Anthony Wayne capture Stony Point, New York from British
troops.
1780 Britain
attacks the United Provinces
before it can join the Neutral Alliance, because of its support for the American uprising.
1782 American Revolutionary War
: In Paris
, representatives from the United States
and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized in the Treaty of Paris
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1783 American Revolutionary War
ends: Treaty of Paris
- A treaty
between the United States
and the Kingdom of Great Britain is signed in Paris
, ending the war.
1783 American Revolutionary War
: The last British
troops leave New York City
three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris
.
1784 Britain
receives its first bales of imported American
cotton
1784 The US Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris
with Great Britain
to end the American Revolutionary War
1784 Britain
creates the colony of New Brunswick
1786 Francis Light acquires the island of Penang from the Sultan of Kedah on behalf of the British East India Company
. It is the first British
colony
in South-East Asia.
1786 Anglo-Spanish treaty gives Belize
to Britain
1786 First ship of convicts leaves Britain
for Botany Bay
, Australia
- 820 out of 1138 aboard are convicts
1794 British
troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti
.
1794 The United States
and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to clear up some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War
.
1796 The British
seize Ceylon from the Dutch
.
1796 The U.S.
takes possession of Detroit
from Great Britain
under terms of the Jay Treaty.
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