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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1721 | - 4 Apr 1721—11 Feb 1742: Sir Robert Walpole, 1st UK Prime Minister (Whig)
Sir Robert Walpole
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| 2 | 1737 | - 1737: Licensing Act restricts the number of London theatres and subects plays to censorship
of the Lord Chamberlain (till 1950s)
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| 3 | 1738 | - 24 May 1738: John Wesley has his conversion experience
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| 4 | 1739 | - 1739: Wesley and Whitefield commence great Methodist revival
- 7 Apr 1739: Dick Turpin, highwayman, hanged at York
- 23 Oct 1739: War of Jenkins' Ear starts: Robert Walpole reluctantly declares war on Spain
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| 5 | 1741 | - 1741: Benjamin Ingham founded the Moravian Methodists or Inghamites
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| 6 | 1742 | |
1736 - 1742 (6 years)
