The timeline is so that the readers of this blog can explore the history of Birmingham in context with the events that were occuring that effected the rest of the country.
The Kings & Queen's and general events are in black, the events of Birmingham are in red, and those events with links to more information are in orange. More will be added, bit by bit.
Charles II: 1660-1685
James II: 1685-1688
1685: In France, the Edict of Nantes, which allowed freedom to Huguenot Protestants is revoked with persecution ensuing. Thousands of French immigrants come to England.
1686: James II attempts to restore Catholicism to England
1688: William of Orange takes over throne from James II
William & Mary: 1689-1702
1689: Declaration of Right drawn up, and Toleration Act allows Protestants to worship freely
1694: Mary dies, William rules alone
Anne: 1702-1714
1702: The War of Spanish Succession
1707: The Act of Union uniting England and Scotland
George I: 1714-1727
1715: Jacobite Rising in Scotland
1720: South Sea Bubble bursts
1721: Robert Walpole is effectively the first Prime Minister
George II: 1727-1760
1731: The first map of Birmingham drawn up
1738: The Methodist movement begun by John and Charles Wesley
1739: War of Jenkins Ear
1740-1748: War of Austrian Succession across Europe
1745: The second Jacobite Rising
1756-1763: Seven Years War
George III: 1760-1820
1765: Soho Manufactory on Handsworth Heath near Birmingham completed
1769-1770: James Cook's first voyage around the world.
1773: The Boston Tea Party
1775: James Watt developes the steam engine
1775-1783: American War of Independence
1783: William Hutton writes the first history of Birmingham
1789: The French Revolution erupts
1791: Riots in Birmingham with religious dissenters targeted
1793-1802: Wars between England & France
1803-1815: Napoleonic Wars
1805: Lord Nelson killed at Trafalgar
1811: Prince Regent took over from the ill George III
1813: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice published
1815: Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo
1815: Passing of the Corn Laws
1817: First meeting at Newhall Hill calling for reform in the House of Commons & general suffrage
1819: Peterloo massacre of political reform protestors in Manchester
George IV: 1820-1830
1825: Trade Unions are made legal
1828: Wellinton becomes Prime Minister
1829: Catholics could sit in Parlaiment after the Catholic Relief Act
1830: Birmingham Political Union formed (January)
William IV: 1830-1837
1832: Gathering at Newhall Hill, campaigning for Parlaimentary change which helped lead to the Reform Bill
1832: The Reform Bill was passed in Parlaiment
Victoria:1837-1901
