Question: what major events happened in the late 1700s?
Answer: September 1715 - February 1716. First major 'Jacobite' rising begins. ...  1718. British convicts start being transported to penal colonies overseas. ...  October - November 1720. 'South Sea Bubble' bursts and triggers a financial panic. ...  April 1721. ...  1723. ...  11 January 1727. ...  March - April 1733. ...  1739.