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| 1720 |
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| Marine insurance first established. | 1 |
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| 1721–42 |
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| Administration of Sir Robert Walpole. Cabinet system and the party system now took the form they held until 1832. | 2 |
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| 1722 |
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| Last execution of a witch in Scotland. | 3 |
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| 1722 |
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| Knatchbull's Act enabled parishes to build workhouses for able-bodied paupers and form poor law unions. However, outdoor relief generally proved cheaper. | 4 |
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| 1725, Sept. 3 |
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| Treaty of Hanover among Britain, France, and Prussia. | 5 |
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| 1727, May 19 |
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| Bishop of London stated that holding Christians as slaves did not contradict Christian doctrine. | 6 |
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| 1729, Nov. 9 |
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| Treaty of Seville with Spain; restoration of conquests; asiento confirmed. | 7 |
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| 1731, March 16 |
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| Treaty of Vienna with the empire. The Ostend East India Company dissolved. | 8 |
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| 1733, March 14 |
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| Walpole introduced an excise bill. Led to many demonstrations against new excise, including a procession of sheriffs and merchants (April 11) with a petition against the taxes. | 9 |
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| 1735, June 29 |
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| Witchcraft laws repealed. | 10 |
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| 1736 |
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| Spitalfields weavers rioted to protest introduction of Irish weavers. The riot was put down by the military. | 11 |
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| 1737 |
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| Worcester nailers marched to Birmingham in protest to pursue a dispute with iron merchants. | 12 |
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