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Volume 1, Number 1: 18th-Century London

The Amazing 100-Year Stuff Chart

	1685	Handel born
	1688	“The Glorious Revolution”: William of Orange invades England and overthrows King James II
	1693	Harrison born
	1697	Hogarth born
	1702	Anne becomes Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland
	1705	Handel’s opera Almira first performed
	1706	Benjamin Franklin born
	1707	England and Scotland united as Great Britain
	1709	Johnson born
	1711	Handel’s opera Rinaldo first performed
	1714	George I, Elector of Hanover, becomes King of Great Britain and Ireland
	1717	Handel’s Water Music first performed
	1718	War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain, France, Austria, Dutch Republic war against Spain
	1724	Handel’s opera Giulio Cesare first performed
	1726	Hogarth makes bookplate engravings for Hudibras
	1727	George II becomes King of Great Britain and Ireland Handel’s Zadok the Priest first performed, at coronation of King George II
	1730–1735	Harrison constructs the H1 marine timekeeper
	1732	George Washington born Hogarth creates painting series, The Harlot’s Progress
	1733	Handel’s opera Orlando first performed
	1735	John Adams born Hogarth creates painting series, The Rake’s Progress
	1736	Harrison takes H1 on sea trial
	1737	Harrison begins construction on the H2 marine timekeeper
	1738	Johnson publishes the poem London Handel’s opera Serse (Xerxes) first performed
	1739	Handel’s oratorios Saul and Israel in Egypt first performed
	1740	Harrison finishes H2 and begins construction on the H3 marine timekeeper Hogarth paints portraits, The Shrimp Girl and Captain Coram
	1741	Hogarth engraves The Enraged Musician
	1742	Handel’s oratorio Messiah first performed
	1743	Handel’s oratorio Samson first performed
	1744	War between Great Britain and France (“King George’s War”)
	1745	Hogarth paints series, Marriage a la Mode
	1746	Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart, grandson of the deposed James II), defeated in his revolutionary bid for the British throne
	1747	Handel’s oratorio Judas Maccabeus first performed
	1748	Hogarth paints The Gate of Calais
	1749	Johnson publishes his poem The Vanity of Human Wishes Handel’s Music for Royal Fireworks and oratorio Solomon first performed
	1750–1752	Johnson writes essays for The Rambler
	1751	Hogarth engraves Beer Lane and Gin Lane
	1752	Handel’s oratorio Jephtha first performed
	1753	Hogarth publishes Analysis of Beauty
	1753–1754	Johnson writes essays for The Adventurer
	1754	French and Indian War begins in North America
	1755	Johnson publishes first edition of Dictionary of the English Language Harrison begins work on the H4 marine timekeeper
	1755–1758	Hogarth paints series, Election
	1756	Seven Years’ War begins in Europe
	1758–1760	Johnson writes essays for The Idler
	1759	Johnson publishes Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (short novel) Harrison completes the H3 and H4 marine timekeepers Hogarth engraves The Cockpit Handel dies
	1760	George III becomes King of Great Britain and Ireland
	1761–1762	Harrison sends H4 on sea trial to Jamaica
	1763	Peace of Paris ends Seven Years’/French and Indian War
	1764	Passage of British Sugar Act causes uproar in the American colonies Harrison’s H4 goes on second sea trial, to Barbados Hogarth engraves Tailpiece, or The Bathos Hogarth dies
	1765	British Stamp Act further enrages American colonies Johnson publishes his eight-volume edition of The Plays of William Shakespeare Harrison receives first half of Longitude Prize (£10,000) and begins work on H5
	1772	King George III tests Harrison’s H5 marine timekeeper
	1773	American colonists protest British taxation through Boston Tea Party Harrison awarded £8750 by act of Parliament; recognized for solving the Longitude Problem
	1775	American Revolution begins with fighting at Lexington and Concord Johnson publishes Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (travelogue)
	1776	American Declaration of Independence signed Harrison dies
	1779–1781	Johnson publishes his Lives of the Poets
	1783	American Revolution ends with British recognition of American independence
	1784	Johnson dies
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