1746 Charles besieges Stirling, 1005 Battle of Falkirk, 1005 Cumberland takes command of the army, 1006 He defeats Charles at Culloden, 1007 He cruelly suppresses the rebellion, 1008 Charles escapes to France, 1008 Ministerial crisis, 1009 1747 Effect of the rebellion on the continental war, 1010 1748 =Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle=, 1011 Results of the war, 1011 =Pelham's conciliatory government=, 1012 1750 His financial measures, 1012 Increase of wealth and of trade, 1013 1751 Reform of the Calendar, 1014 1753 Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act, 1015 Decay of the Church, 1015 1730 Rise of the Wesleyans, 1016 1754 =Pelham's death gives the Government to Newcastle=, 1018 =Approaching danger from India and America=, 1018 Newcastle tries to confine the war to the colonies, 1019 George's anxiety for Hanover, 1020 1755 His subsidiary treaties against Prussia, 1020 1756 The French capture Minorca, 1021 Newcastle resigns, 1021 1757 =Pitt's vigorous government=, 1022 1754 Europe prepares for war, 1023 1756 =The Seven Years' War begins=, 1023 Alliance between England and Prussia, 1023 Frederick's first campaign, 1023 Foreign policy of the various parties in England, 1024 1757 Disasters of the year, 1025 1758 Change of generals, 1026 Success in America, 1026 Victory of Creveld, 1027 Expeditions to Cherbourg and St. Malo, 1027 1759 Naval victories of Lagos and Quiberon, 1028 Capture of Quebec, 1029 Victory of Minden, 1031 1760 Frederick's campaign, 1032 Battle of Torgau, 1033 Pre-eminence of Pitt, 1033 Death of the King, 1033 GEORGE III. 1760-1820.