1783 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1783 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Whig (to 2 April), William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Coalition (to 19 December), William Pitt the Younger, Tory
[edit] Events
- 4 February - American Revolutionary War: Great Britain formally declares that it will cease hostilities with the United States of America.
- 6 February - American Revolutionary War: Spain lifts the Great Siege of Gibraltar.[1]
- 24 February - William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne resigns as Prime Minister over the proposed peace terms with the United States.[2]
- March - Zong Massacre: the case of a British slave-trader who threw 133 slaves overboard in order to claim on the insurance causes outrage amongst Abolitionists and creates new support for their cause.[3]
- 2 April - Fox-North Coalition: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland becomes First Lord of the Treasury.[4]
- Summer - a sulphurous haze from the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland thought to have caused the deaths of more than 10,000 people in Britain.[5]
- 3 September - American Revolutionary War: Great Britain and the United States sign the Treaty of Paris ending the war. Britain also signs further treaties to end hostilities with France, Spain and the Netherlands.[1]
- 7 November - The last public execution is held at Tyburn.[6]
- 25 November - American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.[1]
- 9 December - Executions begin to be held in Newgate Prison.[6]
- 17 December - George III dismisses the Fox-North Coalition. It was succeeded by a government formed by William Pitt the Younger.[7]
- 19 December - William Pitt the Younger becomes the youngest-ever Prime Minister of Great Britain or the United Kingdom.
- Winter - a severe winter follows in the wake of the Laki eruption.
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- Industrial Revolution: Henry Cort discovers the Puddling process for iron manufacture.[1]
- John Moore enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
[edit] Births
- 22 May - William Sturgeon, scientist (died 1850)
- 17 September - Samuel Prout, painter (died 1852)
- 22 October - James Henry Keith Stewart, Member of Parliament (died 1836)
[edit] Deaths
- 7 January - William Tans'ur, English hymnist (born 1700)
- 6 February - Capability Brown, landscape gardener (born 1716)
- 10 February - James Nares, composer (born 1715)
- 30 March - William Hunter, anatomist (born 1718)
- 18 September - Benjamin Kennicott, churchman and Hebrew scholar (born 1718)
- 16 December - William James, naval commander (born 1720)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 335–336. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 228-230. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ BBC History British History Timeline. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
- ^ PMs in history, Duke of Portland. 10 Downing Street website. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
- ^ Volcano 'drove up UK death toll' BBC news. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
- ^ a b (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ PMs in history, William Pitt. 10 Downing Street website. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
[edit] See also
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