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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1701 | - 18 Jan 1701—25 Feb 1713: Reign of Frederick I
King in Prussia
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| 2 | 1709 | - May 1709—Nov 1709: German Palatines Emigration
The German Palatines were some 13,000 early 18th-century emigrants from the Middle Rhine region of the Holy Roman Empire, including a minority from the Palatinate, by which the entire group was known, who sought refuge in England. The English tried to settle them in England, Ireland and the North American colonies to strengthen their position abroad.
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| 3 | 1713 | - 25 Feb 1713—31 May 1740: Reign of Frederick William I
King in Prussia
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| 4 | 1714 | - 1 Aug 1714—11 Jun 1727: Reign of George I
King of Great Britain and Ireland
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| 5 | 1727 | - 11 Jun 1727—25 Oct 1760: Reign of George II
King of Great Britain and Ireland
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| 6 | 1740 | - 31 May 1740—17 Aug 1786: Reign of Frederick II
King in Prussia
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| 7 | 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
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| 8 | 1775 | - 19 Apr 1775—3 Sep 1783: American Revolutionary War
The American War of Independence
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| 9 | 1776 | - 4 Jul 1776: American Independence
Independence of thirteen colonies of British American becoming the United States of America.
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| 10 | 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.
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| 11 | 1786 | - 17 Aug 1786—16 Nov 1797: Reign of Frederick William II
King of Prussia
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| 12 | 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.
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| 13 | 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
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| 14 | 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
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| 15 | 1809 | - 4 Mar 1809—4 Mar 1817: Presidency of James Madison
4th President of the USA
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| 16 | 1812 | - 18 Jun 1812—18 Feb 1815: War of 1812
War of 1812
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| 17 | 1817 | - 4 Mar 1817—4 Mar 1825: Presidency of James Monroe
5th President of the USA
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