1717 First Grand Lodge formed on 24th June.
1721 First nobleman elected to be (5th) Grand Master.
**** Book of Constitutions prepared.
**** Third degree introduced.
1724 Board of Benevolence (later Board of General Purposes) appointed.
1725 Grand Lodge of York formed.
**** Grand Lodge of Ireland formed.
1726 First Provincial Grand Masters are appointed.
1730 First of several exposures on Freemasonry printed in the press.
1732 Oldest known warrant issued by Grand Lodge of Ireland.
1736 Grand Lodge of Scotland formed.
1741 Royal Order of Scotland degree recorded being worked in London.
1743 First reference to a Royal Arch at Youghal in Ireland.
1745 Oldest known Royal Arch Chapter formed at Stirling in Scotland.
1751 Grand Lodge of the Antients formed.
1753 First lodge of Royal Order of Scotland formed in Scotland at Edinburgh.
**** Oldest known Royal Arch minute recorded at Fredericksburg, Virginia in USA.
1754 Scottish Rite (Rose Croix) degree formed at Claremont in France.
1758 Oldest Royal Arch minute in England recorded at Bristol.
1760 Lodges began using names other than that of their meeting place.
1761 Grand Lodge of All England revived at York.
1766 Grand and Royal Arch of Jerusalem formed by the "Moderns".
1767 Grand Lodge of Royal Order of Scotland formed at Edinburgh.
1769 Oldest known Mark minute recorded at Portsmouth in England.
1770 Oldest known Mark minute in Scotland recorded at Dumfries.
1772 Alleged date of the formation of the Grand Lodge of the Society of Ancient Masons of the Diluvian Order, or Royal Ark and Mark Mariners.
1773 "Modems" Grand Lodge purchase property in Great Queen Street, London.
**** Order of Jonathon and David and Jesus Christ being worked in the Netherlands.
1776 Freemasons 'Hall" built in Great Queen Street.
1779 Grand Lodge of England South of the River Trent formed.
1780 First known record of the Royal Ark Mariner degree at Portsmouth in England.
1782 First reference to the Rose Croix degree in British Isles is found in Ireland.
1788 Royal Cumberland Freemasons' School (later the Royal Masonic Institute for Girls) formed by the "Modems".
1789 Grand Lodge of England South of the River Trent ceased.
1791 First known record of a Grand Conclave of Knights Templar being held.
1792 Grand Lodge of All England at York ceased.
1793 First known record of the Rose Croix degree in England at Bath.
1798 Institution for Clothing and Educating the Sons of Indigent Freemasons (later the Royal Masonic Institute for Boys) formed by the "Antients".
1799 First known record of the 'Old Mark' or Red Cross of Babylon degree at Haworth in England.
1799 Act of Parliament passed declaring all Societies to be unlawful that require members to take an oath not required by law. Freemasonry made exempt
1801 Supreme Council for the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite formed in Charleston, South Carolina in USA.
1809 Lodge of Promulgation formed by the "Moderns".
1810 The "Antients" resolve that a union of the two Grand Lodges would be expedient.
1811 Lodge of Promulgation makes recommendations for combining the ceremonies and ritual of the two Grand Lodges
1813 United Grand Lodge formed on the 27* December