When Anne Tyler was born in 1684, in Penistone, Yorkshire, England, her father, John Tyler, was 19 and her mother, Sarah Hudson, was 34. She married John Senior in 1702, in Silkstone, Yorkshire, England. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 14 daughters.
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The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
The South Sea Bubble Bill was passed by the House of Lords in 1720. This allowed the South Sea company to monopolize trade with South America. The company underwrote the English National Debt which promised 5% interest from the government. As shares rose exponentially, many companies were created and many fortunes were made. The stocks crashed and many people lost their money which caused them to become destitute overnight and suicide was common. Robert Walpole took charge of the South Sea Bubble Financial Crisis by dividing the national debt between the Bank of England, the Treasury, and the Sinking Fund.
Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752. That year, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14th, 1752, which caused the country to skip ahead eleven days.
English: occupational name from Old French tieuleor, tiewelier, tuilier, Middle English tiler(e), tiʒeler ‘tiler’, for someone who made or laid tiles for floors or roofs. This name may have become confused with Tiller . Wat Tyler was a leader of the English Peasants' Revolt in 1381, although his name may not have been hereditary at the time.
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