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| 1 | 1717 | - 1717: Edmond Halley invents the diving bell.
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| 2 | 1722 | - 1722: French C. Hopffer patents the fire extinguisher.
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| 3 | 1723 | - 1723: Drummer's War 1723-1726.
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| 4 | 1724 | - 1724: Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the first mercury thermometer.
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| 5 | 1727 | - 1727: George II. Ruler of England 1727-1760. House of Hanover: Only son of George I, married Caroline of Brandenburg.
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| 6 | 1733 | - 1733: John Kay invents the flying shuttle.
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| 7 | 1744 | - 1744: King George's War: French Colonies vs Great Britain 1744-1748.
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| 8 | 1745 | - 1745: E.G. von Kleist invents the leyden jar, the first electrical capacitor.
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| 9 | 1752 | - 1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod.
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| 10 | 1755 | - 1755: Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary.
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| 11 | 1756 | - 1756: French and Indian War: also known as the Seven Years War. French Colonies vs Great Britain 1756-1763.
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| 12 | 1757 | - 1757: John Campbell invents the sextant.
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| 13 | 1758 | - 1758: Dolland invents a chromatic lens.
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| 14 | 1759 | - 1759: Cherokee War: English Colonists vs Cherokee Indians 1759-1761.
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| 15 | 1760 | - 1760: George III. Ruler of England 1760-1820. House of Hanover: Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg.
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| 16 | 1761 | - 1761: Englishmen, John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude.
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| 17 | 1764 | - 1764: James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.
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1717 - 1766 (48 years)