Timeline: Mercy Foster

1755 - 1863 (107 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1727	11 Jun 1727—25 Oct 1760: Reign of George II King of Great Britain and Ireland
2	1740	31 May 1740—17 Aug 1786: Reign of Frederick II King in Prussia
3	1760	25 Oct 1760—29 Jan 1820: Reign of George III King of Great Britain and Ireland * King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
4	1775	19 Apr 1775—3 Sep 1783: American Revolutionary War The American War of Independence
5	1776	4 Jul 1776: American Independence Independence of thirteen colonies of British American becoming the United States of America.
6	1783	1783—1797: United Empire Loyalist Immigration The United Empire Loyalists were generally those who had been settled in the thirteen colonies at the outbreak of the American Revolution, who remained loyal to and took up the Royal Standard, and who settled in what is now Canada at the end of the war.
7	1786	17 Aug 1786—16 Nov 1797: Reign of Frederick William II King of Prussia
8	1789	30 Apr 1789—4 Mar 1797: Presidency of George Washington 1st President of the USA 5 May 1789—9 Nov 1799: French Revolution The French Revolution refers to the period that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended in November 1799 with the formation of the French Consulate.
9	1797	4 Mar 1797—4 Mar 1801: Presidency of John Adams 2nd President of the USA 16 Nov 1797—7 Jun 1840: Reign of Frederick William III King of Prussia
10	1801	1 Jan 1801: Act of Union Uniting the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland, creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 4 Mar 1801—4 Mar 1809: Presidency of Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the USA
11	1809	4 Mar 1809—4 Mar 1817: Presidency of James Madison 4th President of the USA
12	1812	18 Jun 1812—18 Feb 1815: War of 1812 War of 1812
13	1817	4 Mar 1817—4 Mar 1825: Presidency of James Monroe 5th President of the USA
14	1820	29 Jan 1820—26 Jun 1830: Reign of George IV King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
15	1825	4 Mar 1825—4 Mar 1829: Presidency of John Quincy Adams 6th President of the USA
16	1829	4 Mar 1829—4 Mar 1837: Presidency of Andrew Jackson 7th President of the USA
17	1830	26 Jun 1830—20 Jun 1837: Reign of William IV King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
18	1837	4 Mar 1837—4 Mar 1841: Presidency of Martin Van Buren 8th President of the USA 20 Jun 1837—20 Jan 1901: Reign of Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland * Empress of India
19	1840	7 Jun 1840—2 Jan 1861: Reign of Frederick William IV King of Prussia
20	1841	4 Mar 1841—4 Apr 1841: Presidency of William Henry Harrison 9th President of the USA 4 Apr 1841—4 Mar 1845: Presidency of John Tyler 10th President of the USA
21	1845	1845—1852: Irish Potato Famine The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, the Great Starvation, the Famine (mostly within Ireland) or the Irish Potato Famine (mostly outside Ireland), was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland, with the most severely affected areas in the west and south of Ireland, where the Irish language was dominant. During the Great Hunger, about 1 million people died and more than a million fled the country, causing the country's population to fall by 20%–25%. 4 Mar 1845—4 Mar 1849: Presidency of James K. Polk 11th President of the USA
22	1849	4 Mar 1849—9 Jul 1850: Presidency of Zachary Taylor 12th President of the USA
23	1850	9 Jul 1850—4 Mar 1853: Presidency of Millard Fillmore 13th President of the USA
24	1853	4 Mar 1853—4 Mar 1857: Presidency of Franklin Pierce 14th President of the USA
25	1857	4 Mar 1857—4 Mar 1861: Presidency of James Buchanan 15th President of the USA
26	1861	4 Mar 1861—15 Apr 1865: Presidency of Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the USA 12 Apr 1861—9 Apr 1865: American Civil War Civil war in the United States fought between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America.