1700-1799
1702: the University of Glasgow has around 400 students
1706: Anti-unionists riot; Glasgow is a major smuggling port
1707: Act of Union
1710: The city's population is estimated to be 13,000; over 200 shops are open; much of the city is liable to flooding
1712: Glasgow owners own 4% of Scottish fleet, 46 vessels
1715: Glasgow Courant newspaper appears
1718: Possible date for first Glasgow vessel to sail to America
1719: Cotton printing has begun
1720: Glasgow's estimated population is 15,000
1721-1735: James Anderson builds "Andersontown" (modern-day Anderston) village
1725: Glasgow occupied by General Wade's army; protests and street violence against liquor tax
1726: Daniel Defoe describes Glasgow as "The cleanest and best-built city in Britain"; 50 ships a year sail to America
1729: The Glasgow Journal newspaper is published
1730: The Glasgow Linen Society is formed
1735: The city's ship-owners own 67 ships
1736: The first history of Glasgow is published by John McUre
1737-1760: A new Town Hall is built west of the Tolbooth
1738: The Anderston Weavers' Society is formed
1740: Approximately 685,000 m of linen is made in Glasgow, some of which is sent to London
1740-1741: The Foulis brothers begin printing
1742: Delft pottery is manufactured in the city
1743: The Foulis brothers become printers to the university
1745: Tennents open a new brewery in Glasgow
1749: A stage coach service opens between Edinburgh and Glasgow
1750: There are five sugar refineries in the city
1751: The John Smith bookshop is established
1753: Foulis Academy is established at the university to promote art and design; turnpiking of main roads from Glasgow; the city's involvement in the tobacco trade is reflected in the naming of Virginia Street
1755: The estimated population of Glasgow is 23,500
1757: 2.2 million metres of linen are produced in the city
1760: Glasgow enjoys a wave of prosperity; there are 13 professors at Glasgow University
1763: David Dale opens a draper's shop in the city; regular coaches run from Glasgow to Greenock
1765: Joseph Black discovers latent heat
1769: Tennents brewers is now a large industry; James Watt patents his steam engine condenser
1771: The Scottish economy is boosted by trade through Glasgow
1775: Trade with America in tobacco, sugar, and cotton - the city's prosperity is at its height
1776: Adam Smith, a professor at Glasgow University, publishes Wealth of Nations
1779: Mobs protest against the Catholic Relief Act
1780: The construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal is completed
1781: Vessels of over 30 tons can now reach Broomielaw Quay
1782-1783: The Forth and Clyde Canal enables grain from London to ease famine in Glasgow
1783: Glasgow Chamber of Commerce is founded by Patrick Colquhoun - the first in Britain
1785: A hot air balloonist flies from Glasgow to Hawick in the Borders; the firm of Thomsons is formed as bankers
1796: The Royal Technical College (which will later become The University of Strathclyde) is founded
1798: The Merchant Banking Company of Glasgow fails
1799: Demonstrations over bread prices; trade in tobacco and rum declines
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