18th Century Restoration By baylee_crayton Jan 1, 1665 Samuel Johnson Published Dictionary of the English Language Oct 2, 1687 Sir Isaac Newton published Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy Oct 2, 1689 John Locke published An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Mar 31, 1702 1st Daily News Paper Published The Courant Oct 2, 1707 Act of Union (England & Scottland) Oct 2, 1711 The Spectator is Published by Joseph Addison Oct 2, 1712 Alexander Pope wrote The Rape of the Lock Oct 2, 1721 Robert Walpole Appointed Prime Minister Oct 2, 1722 Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year Published Oct 2, 1726 Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver's Travels Oct 2, 1727 King George II Takes the Thrown Oct 2, 1729 Jonathan Swift wrote A Modest Proposal Oct 2, 1729 Alexander Pope wrote Dunciad Oct 2, 1732 English Royal Charter Oct 2, 1734 Gin Act Taxes Retail Stores Jun 2, 1743 French Dittingen Oct 2, 1745 Religious Civil War Begins (Jacobites) Apr 2, 1746 Battle of Culloden Jan 1, 1755 1st Scientific Journal Published by the Royal Society Oct 2, 1756 Seven Years War with France Begins Oct 2, 1760 King George III Takes the Thrown Oct 2, 1761 Duke of Bridgewater Built Oct 2, 1762 Robert Lowth created a grammar system for the English Language Oct 2, 1776 The Colonies Declare Independence from England Oct 2, 1778 Evelina Published by Fanny Burney Oct 2, 1782 Cecilia Published by Fanny Burney Oct 2, 1783 Treaty of Paris Oct 2, 1785 The Times Published Oct 2, 1787 Charlotte Smith Begins Writing to Support 12 Children Oct 2, 1792 Mary Wollstonecraft published A Vindication for the Rights of Women Oct 2, 1793 War with Revolutionary France Oct 2, 1796 Small Pox Vaccination Discovered Sep 10, 1797 Mary Wollstonecraft Dies in Childbirth Oct 2, 1825 Samuel Pepys Diary Entries Published
