1097
|
1781 St. Eustatia captured,
|
1098
|
|
Battle of Guildford Courthouse,
|
1100
|
|
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill,
|
1100
|
|
Battle of Eutaw,
|
1101
|
|
Cornwallis in Virginia,
|
1101
|
|
Surrender of Yorktown. Close of the war,
|
1103
|
|
New session of Parliament,
|
1103
|
|
1782 North's resignation. The Rockingham ministry,
|
1104
|
|
The agitation in Ireland,
|
1105
|
|
Economical reforms,
|
1106
|
|
Conclusion of the American War,
|
1107
|
|
Exorbitant demands of France,
|
1108
|
|
Siege of Gibraltar,
|
1109
|
|
Changed tone of French demands,
|
1110
|
|
1783 Terms of the peace,
|
1110
|
|
1782 Death of Rockingham. The Shelburne ministry,
|
1111
|
|
1783 Shelburne resigns. Return of the Whig ministry,
|
1112
|
|
Retrospect of Indian history,
|
1113
|
|
1600 Foundation of the India Company,
|
1113
|
|
1640 Foundation of Madras (1640), Bombay (1662), and Calcutta (1698),
|
1114
|
|
Decline of Portuguese and Dutch competition,
|
1114
|
|
1707 Decline of the Mogul Empire,
|
1115
|
|
1744 Competition with the French Company,
|
1115
|
|
1750 Success of Dupleix,
|
1116
|
|
1752 Dupleix defeated by Clive,
|
1117
|
|
1756 The Black Hole of Calcutta,
|
1118
|
|
1757 The Battle of Plassey,
|
1119
|
|
1761 Overthrow of the French power in India,
|
1119
|
|
Contest with the native states,
|
1120
|
|
1763 Massacre of Patna,
|
1121
|
|
1764 Battle of Buxar,
|
1121
|
|
Maladministration of the India Company,
|
1121
|
|
1769 Rise of Hyder Ali,
|
1122
|
|
1770 Famine in Bengal,
|
1123
|
|
1773 The Regulating Act,
|
1123
|
|
1774 Death of Clive,
|
1124
|
|
Warren Hastings,
|
1124
|
|
1778 The Mysore war,
|
1127
|
|
1780 Robbery of Cheyte Singh and the Begums,
|
1128
|
|
1781 Parliamentary inquiry,
|
1129
|
|
1783 Dundas's India Bill,
|
1129
|
|
Fox's India Bill,
|
1129
|
|
The King procures its rejection,
|
1131
|
|
Fall of the Whig ministry. Pitt's first ministry,
|
1132
|
|
1784 Pitt's victory over the Opposition,
|
1134
|
|
Dissolution of Parliament,
|
1134
|
|
Pitt's Budget,
|
1134
|
|
Pitt's India Bill,
|
1135
|
|
Pitt's Irish policy,
|
1136
|
|
Failure of Pitt's Reform Bill,
|
1137
|
|
Pitt's financial success,
|
1138
|
|
1785 Charges against Warren Hastings,
|
1139
|
|
1787 Conduct of the Prince of Wales,
|
1140
|
|
1788 Trial of Warren Hastings,
|
1141
|
|
First motion against the slave trade,
|
1142
|
|
The King's illness. The Regency Bill,
|
1142
|
|
Pre-eminence of Pitt,
|
1143
|
|
Effect of the French Revolution in England,
|
1145
|
|
Pitt's foreign policy,
|
1145
|
|
Political development of the country,
|
1146
|
|
1789 Affair of Nootka Sound,
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