Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763-1914

Events

1757

1763

1767

1770

22 August 1770

1772

1773

1773

16 December 1773

1774

September 1774

1775

18 April 1775

17 June 1775

1776

1776

4 July 1776

1777

1777

1778

1779

June 1779

19 October 1781

1783

1784

1786

18 January 1788

1789

1790

1791

1791

1791

1796

1803

1805

1807

1808

1 January 1810

1813

1813

1815

1815

1819

1823

1828

November 1828

1829

1829

1831

1833

1833

1834

1835

1835

1835

1835 - 1839

November 1836

March 1837

10 November 1837

5 December 1837

1838

28 May 1838

9 October 1838

1839

1840

1842

1846

1846

1848

1849

1849

9 May 1857

1 July 1857 - 21 September 1857

16 July 1857

27 November 1857

2 August 1858

1869

1874

1875

1878

26 June 1879

1881

1882

11 June 1882

1883

November 1883

1884

26 January 1885

1886

22 May 1887

1890

1890

8 January 1892

1896

1898

2 September 1898

18 September 1898