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chronology prepared by Nathan Uglow (Trinity and All Saints, Leeds)

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DateAuthor EventsHistorical Events
1771, January Maupeou overthrows French Parlements
1771 Cromford Mill - the first modern factory
1771, January Prince of Prussia proposes partition of Poland
1771, January 22 Spain cedes Falkland Isles to Britain
1771, March 27 Brass Crosby detained for printing paliamentary debates
1771, July 06 Russia encouraged to restore conquests
1772, January 17 Ove Guldberg secures Struensee's arrest
1772, February 07 Somerset Case - slaves cannot be compelled to leave England against their will
1772, February 28 Boston assembly threatens secession from Britain
1772, March 24 Royal Marriage Act
1772, March 30
(to 1773)		 Parliamentary enquiry into conduct of Robert Clive of India
1772, June 10 Mob burns revenue cutter Gaspée
1772, June 10 British customs schooner Gaspee burned by American Colonists
1772, August 05 First Partition of Poland by Prussia, Russia, and Austria
1772, November 02
(to 1773, January )		 Samuel Adams forms Committees of Correspondence
1773 Industrial occupation in Spain not prejudicial to rank
1773, March 12 Committee of Correspondence appointed
1773, May Regulating Act (India Act)
1773, July 21 Pope Clement XIV dissolves Jesuits
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Citation:
Uglow, Nathan. "Author Chronology for Walter Scott". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 November 2008.
[http://www.litencyc.com/php/newlifeline.php?id_author_0=5094, accessed 20 June 2013.]