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Date |
Event(s) |
1 | 1770 | - 1770: Clyde Trust created to convert the River Clyde, then an insignificant river, into a major
thoroughfare for maritime communications
- 28 Apr 1770: Capt James Cook lands in Australia (Botany Bay) — Aug 21: formally claims
Australia for Britain
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2 | 1771 | - 1771: Right to report Parliamentary debates established in England
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3 | 1772 | - 1772: First Travellers' Cheques issued by the London Credit Exchange Company
- 1772: "Morning Post" first published (until 1937)
- 14 May 1772: Judge Mansfield rules that there is no legal basis for slavery in England
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4 | 1774 | - 13 Sep 1774: Cook arrives on Easter Island
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5 | 1775 | - 19 Apr 1775: Battle of Lexington: first action in American War of Independence (1775–1783)
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