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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1768 | |
| 2 | 1769 | - 1769: Arkwright invents water frame (textile production)
- 1769: Capt James Cook maps the coast of New Zealand
- 6 Sep 1769: David Garrick organises first Shakespeare festival at Stratford-upon-Avon
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| 3 | 1770 | - 1770: Clyde Trust created to convert the River Clyde, then an insignificant river, into a major
thoroughfare for maritime communications
- 28 Jan 1770—22 Mar 1782: Lord Frederick North, UK Prime Minister (Whig)
 Lord Frederick North
- 28 Apr 1770: Capt James Cook lands in Australia (Botany Bay)
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| 4 | 1771 | - 1771: Right to report Parliamentary debates established in England
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