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| 1747 |
| | | Cambridge Park is enlarged by Martha Ashe the property having been in the Ashe family since 1657. | |
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| 1748 |
| | | Systematic digging begins near Vesuvius, in an area where ancient fragments are often unearthed - soon discovered to be Pompeii | |
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| 1748 |
| | | The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession, but only postpones the continuation of hostilities (in the Seven Years' War) | |
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| 1748 |
| | | The peace treaty returns all captured territories to their owners – with the exception of Silesia, which becomes part of Prussia | |
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| 1749 |
| | | Walpole buys the house and grounds which the deeds call Strawberry Hill. | |
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| 1749 |
| | | A French official travels down the Ohio valley, placing markers to claim it for France | |
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| 1749 |
| | | Henry Fielding introduces a character of lasting appeal in the lusty but good-hearted Tom Jones | |
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| 1749 |
| | | Shortly before his death (in 1750) J.S. Bach completes his Mass in B Minor, worked on over many years | |
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| c. 1750 |
| | | Naval engagements are now fought in lines of battle, with only the most heavily armed vessels rated as 'ships of the line' | |
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| 1750 |
| | | Horace Walpole begins to create his own Strawberry Hill, a neo-Gothic fantasy, on the banks of the Thames west of London | |
|  | Strawberry Hill admission ticket
Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Collection
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