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1725 - 1774Life of Robert Clive, Governor of Bengal for the East India Company.
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29 Sep 1725Robert Clive is born in Styche Hall in Shropshire, England.
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Dec 1742Robert Clive joins the East India Company as a 'writer'.
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1749A young Robert Clive is involved in two attacks on French-held Tanjore.
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Aug 1751 - Sep 1751Robert Clive leads the defence of Arcot for the East India Company.
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Dec 1751Robert Clive wins a battle at Arni against forces of Chandra Sahib, the nizam of Hyderabad.
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Feb 1752Robert Clive wins the battle at Kaveripak for the East India Company.
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Jun 1752Robert Clive commands the artillery of the East India Company and helps capture Trichinopoly.
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1754Robert Clive is elected MP for Mitchell in Cornwall.
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1755Robert Clive returns to India as a lieutenant colonel in the East India Company.
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Feb 1756Robert Clive captures the Gheria fortress for the East India Company.
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Jan 1757Robert Clive recaptures Calcutta for the East India Company.
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Mar 1757Robert Clive captures French-held Chandernagore for the East India Company.
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23 Jun 1757Robert Clive of the East India Company wins the Battle of Plessey against forces of the nawab of Bengal.
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Feb 1758Robert Clive is made Governor of Bengal by the East India Company.
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1761Robert Clive is elected MP for Shrewsbury.
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Mar 1762Robert Clive is awarded an Irish peerage and henceforth is known as Lord Clive or Baron Clive of Plassey.
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1764Robert Clive is appointed Governor of Bengal for a second time by the East India Company.
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1765Robert Clive initiates reforms in the East india Company reducing corruption and salaries.
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12 Aug 1765The Mughal emperor Shah Alam II awards the East India company the right to collect land revenue (dewani) in Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa.
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1768Robert Clive is elected MP for Shrewsbury for a second time.
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1773The British Parliament investigates the financial afffairs of Robert Clive but finds no wrong-doing.
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22 Nov 1774Robert Clive dies in his home in London, rumours abound that it was suicide.
