| Date |
Event |
| 1st August 1714 |
George I becomes King. |
| 1725 |
General George Wade begins constructing roads in Scotland. |
| 22nd June 1727 |
George II becomes King. |
| 1744 |
Royal Crescent in Bath is completed. |
| 1750 |
First enclosure act introduced. |
| 1754 |
Thomas Chippendale publishes his first furniture designs. |
| 1759 |
John Harrison devised the first ever clock to keep the time exactly. |
| 25th October 1760 |
George III becomes King. |
| 17th July 1761 |
The Bridgewater Canal opens. |
| 1765 |
John Metcalf begins building roads around the Pennines. |
| 1769 |
James Watt improves steam engine design. |
| 19th April 1770 |
The explorer Captain James Cook becomes the first European to discover Australia, reaching its south-east coast. |
| 19th April 1775 |
American War of Independence Starts |
| 1777 |
Richard Arkwright installs fist steam engine in a cotton mill |
| 1783 |
Watt and Boulton partnership design steam engine for factories. |
| 1783 |
John Loudon Macadam becomes involved with road construction. |
| 3rs September 1783 |
United States of America are formed. |
| 1785 |
The first power loom is built by Edmund Carwright. |
| 1st January 1801 |
The United Kingdrom of Great Britain and Ireland is created following the Acts of Union 1800. |
| 2nd August 1784 |
National mail delivery service devised by John Palmer is set up by the Post Office in London. |
| 26th January 1788 |
The British arrive and establish their first colony in Australia. |
| 21st February 1804 |
The first steam locomotive built by Richard Trevithick starts running. |
| 21st October 1805 |
The Battle of Trafalgar is fought and won by the British. |
| 1815 |
Sir Humphry Davy invents the Davy lamp for miners. |
| 29th January 1820 |
George IV becomes King. |
| 1821 |
Michael Faraday makes the first electric motor. |
| 27th September 1825 |
George Stephenson's Locomotion starts running on the Stockton and Darlington Railway. |
| 30th January 1826 |
Thomas Telford's Menai Bridge is completed. |
| 6th October 1829 |
The Rainhill Trials start. |
| 19th June 1829 |
Robert Peel established the Metropolitan Police Force for London. |
| 26th June 1830 |
William IV becomes King. |
| 15th September 1830 |
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens. |
