Heritage Guernsey

Timeline - 1700s

1740	LINKS	World Events
Philip Saumarez joins Ansons Round the World voyage and helps to capture a Spanish treasure ship		Methodism developed by Wesley Brothers

1743	LINKS	World Events
The Town Hospital is opened to support the poor and needy		1756 Seven Years War - France and England

1780	LINKS	World Events
Fort George is built to replace Castle Cornet as a garrison fort		1776 American Declaration of Independence

1787	LINKS	World Events
The Duke of Richmond commissions a survey of the Island. A map is produced		1789 George Washington first President of USA

1793	LINKS	World Events
James de Saumarez narrowly escapes capture by a French squadron		French Revolution

1799	LINKS	World Events
Russian troops are billeted in the Vale Castle during the Napoleonic Wars		Napoleon first consul of France

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