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| 1676 | Birth |  |
| Houghton Hall Birth of Robert Walpole |
| 1696 | Education | |
| Cambridge Walpole matriculates at King's College, Cambridge |
| 1700 | Marriage | |
| Walpole marries Catherine Shorter |
| 1701 | Election | |
| Castle Rising Walpole is 1st elected to Parliament |
| 1702 | Election | |
| King's Lynn Walpole is elected to Parliament for King's Lynn, elected every subsequent general election for the next 40 yrs |
| 1705 | Council Admiralty | |
| Appointed Member of the Council of the Lord High Admiral |
| 1708 | Secretary of War | |
| Appointed Secretary of War, a close advisor of the Duke of Marlborough, commander of the War of the Spanish Succession |
| 1710 | Treasurer Navy | |
| Appointed Treasurer of the Navy |
| 1712 | Arrest | |
| Tower of London Imprisoned by the Tories for corruption |
| 1712 | Dismissal | |
| Expelled from the Commons on the political charge of "venality" in the Naval Office |
| 1712 | Impeachment | |
| Impeached by the House of Commons for corruption as Secretary at War, found guilty & imprisoned |
| Walpole is expelled from Parliament |
| 1714 | Paymaster of the Forces | |
| Appointed Paymaster of the Forces on the accession of George I |
| 1715 | Chancellor | |
| 12th Oct Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| 1716 | Reform | |
| 26th April Extends the life of Parliament to 7 years |
| 1717 | Budget | |
| Introduces the sinking fund for reducing the national debt |
| 1717 | Resignation | |
| 10th April Resigns over the dimissal of Charles Townshend |
| 1720 | Bubble South Sea | |
| The Bubble bursts & Walpole protects his own investments & those of the Royal Familly |
| 1720 | Paymaster of the Forces | |
| Appointed Paymaster of the Forces |
| 1720 | Scandal | |
| Restores public confidence after collapse of the South Sea Company |
| 1721 | 1st Prime Minister | |
| 3rd April Britain's 1st Prime Minister |
| 1721 | Constitution | |
| 3rd April Britain's 1st Prime Minister |
| 1721 | First Lord of the Treasury | |
| Appointed First Lord of the Treasury |
| 1721 | Paymaster General | |
| Appointed Paymaster General |
| 1721 | Prime Minister | |
| 3rd April Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term |
| 1722 | Reform | |
| 17th Oct Suspended due to fears of a Jacobite uprising |
| 1727 | Government | |
| Instructed by George II to take orders from Spencer Compton |
| 1727 | Reform | |
| The Winner of the favor of George II when he increases the Civil List by œ100,000 |
| 1728 | Convention Prado | |
| 24th Feb Provides for an Anglo-Spanish truce |
| 1728 | Reform | |
| 6th May Disenfrachises the Irish Roman Catholics |
| 1730 | Prime Minister | |
| 15th May Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term |
| 1731 | Budget | |
| Land Tax is cut to 1 sh in the œ, a reduction of 3/4 from its peak |
| Taxation is shifted toward commodities |
| 1731 | Economy | |
| Taxation is shifted toward commodities |
| 1731 | Succession | |
| 11th July Vienna Signs the treaty of Vienna supporting the success of Maria Theresa |
| 1731 | Taxation | |
| Taxation is shifted toward commodities |
| 1731 | Treaty of Vienna | |
| 11th July Vienna Charles VI gains support for his "pragmatic sanction" for the succession Maria Theresa |
| 11th July Vienna Ends the Anglo-French entente |
| 1733 | Reform | |
| 11th April London Attempts to tackle smuggling |
| 11th April London Drops scheme to impose internal tax rather than duties on tobacco & wine |
| 1734 | Election | |
| Wins his 3rd general election victory |
| 1734 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term |
| 1737 | Death | |
| Death of Caroline of Ansbach, Walpole loses a very valuable ally in the Royal Court |
| 1737 | Marriage | |
| London Walpole marries his mistress Maria Skerret but she dies a few months later |
| Walpole marries his mistress, Maria Skerritt, who dies shortly thereafter during childbirth |
| 1739 | Convention Prado | |
| 3rd Jan London Compromise settlement of commercial disputes with Spain |
| 1739 | Declaration of War | |
| London A state of war fever breaks out over "Jenkin's ear" |
| London Reluctantly declares war against Spain due to pressure from the City & the King |
| 19th Oct London Declares war on Spain for breaches of the Pravdo Convention |
| 1741 | Balance of Power | |
| 13th Feb London 1st to use the phrase "Balance of Power" to express the British foreign policy |
| 1741 | Diplomacy | |
| 13th Feb London 1st to use the phrase "Balance of Power" to express the British foreign policy |
| 1742 | Peerage | |
| London Created Earl of Orford, 1st |
| 1742 | Resignation | |
| Defeated in Parliament, as the King's servant in Parliament is forced to resign |
| 11th Jan Resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain |
