The Bank of England:

Was founded by a Scot, William Paterson.

Its nickname is The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.

It was established through taxes on beer and wine.

It is the oldest, continuously operating central bank in the world.

At least a quarter of the investors in the Bank in its early years were women.

Sir Isaac Newton, the famous scientist and philosopher, was the Master of the Mint.

Despite his brilliance, Newton lost £20,000, equivalent to 4.4 million in 2020 terms, after investing in The South Sea Company that collapsed in 1720.

The long eighteenth century is known as The Age of Projects because it was such an inventive period, change was on the agenda in every aspect of society.

The Glorious Revolution in 1688 established the political basis of Britain.

The Financial Revolution, led by the Bank of England, established the financial basis of Britain.

Leibniz mapped out a future computer.

Some inventions:

1694 Bank of England

1701 seed drill

1709 piano

1711 tuning fork

1722 Fire extinguisher

1724 thermometer

1733 flying shuttle

1752 lightning rod

1755 Samuel Johnson published the first English Language Dictionary

Interesting facts:

Legal age of marriage in 1700 was 12 for girls, 14 years for boys. However, the average age of newly weds was 25.

25% of seventeenth century Englishwomen had already been pregnant at the time of the wedding.

London increased from a population of 375,000 in 1650 to over 600,000 in 1700.

Average life expectancy was 37.