1786 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1786 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory
[edit] Events
- 11 August - Captain Francis Light landed in Penang and renamed it "Prince of Wales Island" in honour of the heir to the British throne.[1]
- 26 September - Commercial treaty with France signed.[2]
[edit] Publications
- William Thomas Beckford's gothic novel Vathek.[1]
- Robert Burns' Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.[2]
[edit] Births
- 1 January - Dixon Denham, explorer (died 1828)
- 26 January - Benjamin Haydon, painter and writer (died 1846)
- 17 April - William King, physician and philanthropist (died 1865)
- 5 July - Charles Alfred Stothard, draughtsman (died 1821)
- 24 September - Granville Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock, naval officer (died 1857)
- 26 September - James Bremer, rear admiral (died 1850)
[edit] Unknown dates
- James Foster, ironmaster (died 1853)
- William George Horner, mathematician (died 1837)
- Anne Knight, social reformer (died 1862)
- Fairfax Moresby, Admiral (died 1877)
- Hyde Parker, Vice Admiral (died 1854)
- John Shuttleworth, industrialist (died 1864)
[edit] Deaths
- 19 January - John Duncombe, writer (born 1729)
- 10 April - John Byron, Vice Admiral (born 1723)
- 21 June - George Hepplewhite, furniture maker (born 1727)
- July - Josiah Martin, colonial governor (born 1737)
- 18 October - Alexander Wilson, mathematician (born 1714)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 339. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 230-231. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
[edit] See also
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