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Year	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1797	Three of the stones making up this prehistoric monument fall due to heavy frosts.	Stonehenge	97%
1785	The first successful crossing of this stretch of water in a balloon is accomplished.	English Channel	86%
1760	This period of great technological and economic change begins, bringing in novel ways of working and living, resulting in a fundamentally transformed society.	{Industrial} Revolution	86%
1782	David Tyrie becomes the last person in Britain to suffer this punishment.	Hanging, drawing and {Quartering}	85%
1745	The dominant west towers of the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, the site of many coronations, and known by this more famous name, are finally completed.	{Westminster} Abbey	84%
1788	Claimant to the throne, Charles Edward Stuart, also known by this name, dies in exile.	{Bonnie} Prince Charlie	80%
1789	Captain William Bligh is cast adrift after a mutiny on this Royal Navy ship.	HMS Bounty	80%
1762	The first recorded mention occurs of this food item, named after a British earl.	Sandwich	79%
1714	This Queen dies and is succeeded by George I.	Anne	75%
1716	William Wake is appointed to this position in the Church of England.	{Archbishop} of Canterbury	75%
1799	HMS Lutine sinks in the North Sea. Her salvaged bell is now used for ceremonial purposes at the headquarters of this major insurance market in London.	Lloyd's	75%
1747	James Lind undertakes experiments on the effect of citrus fruit as a cure for this disease.	Scurvy	75%
1740	The patriotic song is first performed in an open-air performance at Cliveden.	{Rule}, Britannia	74%
1778	Joseph Bramah registers a patent for this household sanitary device.	{Flush} toilet	73%
1752	Britain adopts this calendar to realign the date of Easter to that defined by the Church.	Gregorian	73%
1763	George Grenville, representing this political faction, becomes Prime Minister.	Whig	71%
1718	Lieutenant Robert Maynard kills this infamous pirate in hand to hand combat..	Blackbeard	70%
1798	This scientist publishes "An Inquiry Into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ". He goes on to become a pioneer of the smallpox vaccine.	Edward Jenner	69%
1784	A tax is introduced, charging per thousand of these items which are used in house building.	Bricks	68%
1705	Edmond Halley publishes a paper on the astronomical movements of this type of object.	Comet	68%
1770	The future politician William Huskisson is born. He later gains lasting posterity when run over by this means of public transport, becoming its first casualty.	Railway locomotive	68%
1787	Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth with this group of 11 ships, carrying around 700 convicts to this destination in Australia.	{Botany} Bay	67%
1776	This book by Economist Adam Smith is published for this first time.	The {Wealth} of Nations	67%
1715	London enjoys 3 minutes 33 seconds of totality during this natural phenomenon.	Solar Eclipse	66%
1761	This house is acquired by King George III as a private residence for Queen Charlotte.	Buckingham Palace	63%
1713	The Treaty of Utrecht cedes this Mediterranean territory to Britain.	Gibraltar	63%
1753	The Cornish Stannary Parliament, responsible for governing the mining of this metal, is discontinued after more than 500 years.	Tin	63%
1702	Britain's first daily newspaper, the Daily Courant, begins publication in this London street.	Fleet Street	62%
1768	This art institution is founded for the purpose of promoting the creation, enjoyment and appreciation of the visual arts.	Royal {Academy} of Arts	62%
1724	George Stubbs is born. He goes on to be best known for his paintings of this animal.	Horses	61%
1774	Yorkshire born chemist Joseph Priestley isolates what he called dephlogisticated air for the first time. We now know it by this name.	Oxygen	61%
1773	This future governor of New South Wales is born in Scotland. He is remembered today in the name of an Australian city.	Thomas Brisbane	61%
1736	This Act comes into effect making it a crime to claim that someone has magical powers and abolishes the hunting and execution of anyone believed to possess them.	Witchcraft	61%
1719	This novel by Daniel Defoe is published for the first time.	Robinson Crusoe	60%
1744	The earliest known laws for this popular sport are drafted.	Cricket	59%
1793	During the French Revolutionary Wars, the Royal Navy boards and captures French warships sheltering in this neutral port in northern Italy.	Genoa	59%
1711	On Christmas Day this cathedral is declared officially complete by Parliament.	St. Paul's	59%
1775	Inventor Richard Arkwright receives a patent for his carding machine used for converting this raw material to a form suitable for spinning.	Cotton	57%
1703	This scientist is elected president of the Royal Society in London.	Isaac Newton	57%
1743	Scottish folklore tells of how an old man named MacQueen of Findhorn kills the very last of these animals to be found living wild in Britain.	Wolf	56%
1756	The Treaty of Westminster is signed between Britain and this German state, intended to guarantee the neutrality of Hanover.	Prussia	53%
1707	Great Britain becomes a sovereign country after ratification of these Acts of Parliament.	Acts of {Union}	51%
1755	This lexicographer's book, "A Dictionary of the English Language" is finally published.	Samuel Johnson	51%
1791	The Constitutional Act is enacted in London giving this future independent country its first parliamentary constitution.	Canada	50%
1710	The world's first legislation of this form comes into effect, giving protection for creative work.	Copyright	50%
1742	James Bradley is appointed to this senior position, simultaneously becoming director of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich.	{Astronomer} Royal	49%
1783	This famous figure, remembered as 'England's greatest gardener' dies in London.	{'Capability'} Brown	48%
1726	This French Enlightenment writer and philosopher begins a three year exile in Britain.	Voltaire	48%
1738	John Wesley's evangelical conversion essentially launches this Protestant denomination.	Methodism	47%
1721	This person becomes de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain.	Robert Walpole	47%
1735	George Hadley publishes the first explanation of these equatorial east to west winds.	{Trade} winds	47%
1767	The final volume of this novel by Laurence Sterne, inspired by Don Quixote, is published	Tristram {Shandy}	46%
1712	This character is created as a national personification of England, and Britain in general.	John Bull	45%
1717	This music by Handel is performed on a barge on the River Thames for the king.	Water Music	45%
1779	The first ever 'Oaks' horse race is run at this Surrey race course.	Epsom	44%
1769	This brand of London dry gin is produced for the first time.	Gordon's	44%
1795	This person is born; he will later be known as 'The Sporting Parson' and will become an enthusiastic dog breeder, developing this terrier breed that carries his name.	Jack Russell	44%
1749	This law enforcement body, London's first professional police force, is founded.	{Bow} Street Runners	42%
1739	This highwayman is hanged after which his exploits are romanticised in fiction.	Dick Turpin	42%
1709	Abraham Darby successfully uses coke in a blast furnace to produce this material.	{Cast} iron	40%
1750	This society is founded, catering for those who share a passion for horseracing.	{Jockey} Club	40%
1771	James Cook returns to Britain on this ship after his first global circumnavigation.	HMS Endeavour	38%
1792	This household name high street retailer begins life as a news vendor in London.	W.H. Smith	38%
1781	At this battle General Charles Cornwallis surrenders to General George Washington, ending the armed struggle of the American Revolutionary War.	Yorktown	38%
1758	British and French fleets fight at the Battle of Negapatam during this global conflict.	{Seven Years'} War	37%
1777	A 93 mile long canal is completed connecting the Trent with this other river.	Mersey	36%
1748	These items, resulting in a standard sartorial appearance, are issued to the Royal Navy for the first time.	Uniforms	36%
1730	The future pottery manufacturer is born in Staffordshire.	Josiah Wedgwood	35%
1708	The Scottish Militia Bill is denied this approval by Queen Anne making it the last time this has been withheld at Westminster.	Royal {Assent}	33%
1731	An incident involving an assault on the captain of a British ship off the coast of Florida gives its name to this later conflict between Britain and Spain.	War of {Jenkins}' Ear	33%
1727	George II is crowned at Westminster Abbey for which this Handel anthem was composed.	{Zadok} the Priest	33%
1764	Artist William Hogarth dies. He is perhaps best known for this series of eight paintings.	A {Rake}'s Progress	32%
1746	This conflict, the final pitched battle on British soil, brings an end to the Jacobite Rising.	Culloden	32%
1794	British troops capture this Caribbean island from the French.	Martinique	32%
1734	The Bank of England moves to this location in London which it still occupies.	{Threadneedle} Street	32%
1706	This tea marketer opens its first shop in London, still operating today at the same premises.	Twinings	30%
1765	This ship is launched. In the 21st century it remains the oldest naval ship still in commission.	HMS Victory	27%
1786	This poem by Robert Burns is first published in the Caledonian Mercury.	Address to a {Haggis}	25%
1723	The Black Act is passed making this rural crime a capital offence.	Poaching	24%
1725	This future statesman is born. He will later be known for his association with India.	Robert Clive	24%
1751	The first factory of what will become this well-known porcelain manufacturing company is established in the West Midlands.	Royal {Worcester}	24%
1701	This agriculturalist invents a drill for efficiently planting seeds in rows.	Jethro Tull	22%
1772	This future Lake Poet and founder of the Romantic Movement is born in Devon.	Samuel Taylor Coleridge	21%
1733	John Kay patents this device to greatly speed up the process of weaving cloth.	Flying {Shuttle}	20%
1728	This type of bank account credit is offered to a customer for the very first time.	Overdraft	20%
1754	This English author, remembered for his comic novel 'Tom Jones', dies in Lisbon.	Henry Fielding	18%
1704	The major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession sees the Grand Alliance, led by the Duke of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy secure an overwhelming victory.	Blenheim	17%
1722	This muzzle-loading musket becomes the British Army's standard infantry firearm.	Brown {Bess}	17%
1737	Construction begins on this iconic circular library building in the University of Oxford.	{Radcliffe} Camera	17%
1796	This Scottish explorer reaches the Niger River at Ségou, the first European to do so. He became well known for his influential book 'Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa'.	Mungo Park	16%
1780	Robert Raikes promotes this national, christian, educational movement from his home in Gloucester.	{Sunday} Schools	16%
1757	This future Scottish civil engineer is born. He goes on to establish himself as arguably the greatest builder of roads, bridges and canals Britain has ever seen.	Thomas Telford	15%
1700	This treaty is signed in an attempt to resolve disagreements between England and Spain.	Treaty of {London}	14%
1790	A bill become law to establish this port and town in South Wales, now the site of a major gas and oil terminal.	Milford Haven	13%
1741	This influential actor, playwright, manager and producer makes his London stage debut. His legacy is to have venues named after him in multiple countries.	David Garrick	12%
1732	Trinity House moors the world's first of these navigation aids in the Thames Estuary.	Lightship	11%
1759	A new lighthouse is lit for the first time on these dangerous rocks off the coast of Cornwall.	Eddystone	8%
1766	The paper "On Factitious Airs", is published by this scientist, and is credited as showing the discovery of hydrogen.	Henry Cavendish	6%
1729	This Dartmouth born inventor dies. He is best known for creating the atmospheric engine that still bears his name - the first practical fuel-burning engine.	Thomas Newcomen	6%
1720	This future brewer and M.P. is born. His early brewery develops into a major company that still bears his name.	Samuel Whitbread	4%