1789 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1789 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Events
- 28 April - Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on HMS Bounty against Captain William Bligh.
- 14 June - HMAV Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 4,000 mile journey in an open boat.
- 28 August - William Herschel discovers Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.[1]
- 17 September - William Herschel discovers Mimas, another of Saturn's moons.[1]
[edit] Births
- 19 July - John Martin, painter (died 1854)
[edit] Deaths
- 1 January - Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, politician (born 1716)
- 8 January - Jack Broughton, English boxer (born 1703)
- 23 January - Frances Brooke, writer (born 1724)
- 23 January - John Cleland, novelist (born 1709)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Herschel, Account of the Discovery of a Sixth and Seventh Satellite of the Planet Saturn; with Remarks on the Construction of its Ring, its Atmosphere, its Rotation on an Axis, and its spheroidical Figure, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 80, pp. 1-20, 1790 (read November 12, 1789)
