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| 1719 | Birth |  |
| 13th Feb Walton on Thames Birth of George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney
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| 1742 | Captain | |
| 9th Nov Attains the rank of post-captain, having been appointed to the Plymouth
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| 1747 | Battle of Ushant | |
| 14th Oct Ushant Commands of the battleship Eagle 60, and in this ship takes part in Hawke's victory off Ushant over the French fleet.
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| 1749 | Commander | |
| 14th Oct Newfoundland Appointed Governor and Commander-in-chief of Newfoundland, with the rank of Commodore, it being usual at that time to appoint a naval officer, chiefly on account of the fishery interests
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| 1749 | Governor | |
| 14th Oct Newfoundland Appointed Governor and Commander-in-chief of Newfoundland, with the rank of Commodore, it being usual at that time to appoint a naval officer, chiefly on account of the fishery interests
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| 1751 | Election | |
| Saltash Elected MP for Saltash
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| 1753 | Marriage | |
| Marries his first wife, Jane Compton (1730-1757), sister of Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton
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| 1757 | Siege of Rochefort | |
| Rochefort Shares in the expedition against Rochefort, Commands the battleship Dublin
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| 1758 | Battle of Cape Breton Island | |
| Cape Breton Island Serves under Boscawen in the taking of Louisburg (Cape Breton Island)
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| 1758 | Capture | |
| Cape Breton Island Serves under Boscawen in the taking of Louisburg (Cape Breton Island)
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| 1758 | Siege of Cape Breton Island | |
| Cape Breton Island Serves under Boscawen in the taking of Louisburg (Cape Breton Island)
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| 1759 | Battle of Le Harvre | |
| May Le Harvre bombarded Le Harvre for two days and nights, and inflicts great loss of war-material on the enemy
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| 1759 | Invasion of Great Britain | |
| May Le Harvre bombarded Le Harvre for two days and nights, and inflicts great loss of war-material on the enemy
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| 19th May Appointed Rear-Admiral, and was shortly after given command of a small squadron intended to destroy a large number of flat-bottomed boats and stores which were being collected at Havre for an invasion of the English coasts
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| 1759 | Rear Admiral | |
| 19th May Appointed Rear-Admiral, and was shortly after given command of a small squadron intended to destroy a large number of flat-bottomed boats and stores which were being collected at Havre for an invasion of the English coasts
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| 1759 | Siege of Le Harvre | |
| May Le Harvre bombarded Le Harvre for two days and nights, and inflicts great loss of war-material on the enemy
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| 1760 | Blockade of France | |
| Takes many more of the enemy's flat-bottomed boats and in blockades the French coast as far as Dieppe
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| 1760 | Invasion of Great Britain | |
| Takes many more of the enemy's flat-bottomed boats and in blockades the French coast as far as Dieppe
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| 1761 | Commander | |
| Leeward Islands Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands station
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| 1761 | Election | |
| Penryn Elected MP for Penryn
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| 1762 | Capture | |
| Grenada Captures Granada
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| St Lucia Captures St Lucia
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| Martinique Captures the Island of Martinique
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| 1763 | Vice Admiral | |
| At the peace of 1763, Admiral Rodney returns, home, having been during his absence made Vice-Admiral of the Blue and having received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament
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| 1764 | Marriage | |
| Marries Henrietta, daughter of John Clies of Lisbon
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| 1764 | Peerage | |
| Rodney is created a Baronet
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| 1765 | Governor | |
| Greenwich Appointed Governor of Greenwich Hospital
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| 1771 | Commander | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica station
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| 1771 | Rear Admiral | |
| Appointed Rear-Admiral of Great Britain
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| 1780 | Battle of Cape St Vincent | |
| 16th Jan Cape Vincent Gibraltar is relieved by the British, all but four of the Spanish fleet are destroyed
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| 1780 | Battle of Moonlight | |
| 16th Jan Gibraltar Defeats the Spanish during their siege of Gibraltar
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| 1780 | Capture | |
| Feb St Eustatius Captures the Dutch Carribean Island of Eustatius, cripples the US contrabrand trade
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| Feb St Martin Captures the Dutch Carribean Island of St Martin, cripples the US contrabrand trade
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| 1782 | Battle of Saints, The | |
| 12th April Captures 7 ships
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| 12th April Restores control of Caribbean by defeating a French fleet under de Grasse off Dominica
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| 1782 | Peerage | |
| Saints Raised to the peerage after the Battle of the Saints
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| 19th June Created Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke, Somerset, by patent, and the House of Commons vote him a pension of œ2000 a year
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| 1792 | Death | |
| 14th May Death of George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney
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