1741 - 1750

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1741

Benjamin Ingham founded the Moravian Methodists or Inghamites – Earliest Moravian registers

Earliest Scotch Church registers

1742

England goes to war with Spain – incited by William Pitt the Elder (Earl of Chatham) for the sake of trade

1743

June 16: Battle of Dettingen – last time a British sovereign (George II) led troops in battle

1744

Church of Scotland split over taking of Burgess' Oath – Burghers and Anti-Burghers

First Methodist Conference

1745

Jacobite rebellion in Scotland ('The Forty-five')

Aug: Bonnie Prince Charlie (The Young Pretender) lands in the western Highlands – raises support among Episcopalian and Catholic clans – The Pretender's army invades Perth, Edinburgh, and England as far as Derby

1746

April 16: Battle of Culloden – last battle fought in Britain – 5,000 Highlanders routed by the Duke of Cumberland and 9,000 loyalists Scots – Young Pretender Charles flees to Continent, ending Jacobite hopes forever – the wearing of the kilt prohibited

1747

Abolition of Heritable Jurisdictions in Scotland

Act for Pacification of the Highlands

1748-1756

Countess of Huntington's (Calvinistic) Methodist Connexion founded

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