1792 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1792 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
- 25 January - The radical London Corresponding Society established.[1]
- 7 March - a settlement is formed in Sierra Leone in West Africa as a home for freed slaves.[1]
- 4 June - Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain.
- 14 September - Thomas Paine flees to France after being indicted for treason. He is subsequently tried in absentia, and outlawed.[2]
- 2 October - Baptist Missionary Society is founded in Kettering.
- 18 December - The trial of Thomas Paine begins.[3]
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- Over 300 petitions are presented to Parliament against the slave trade. The House of Commons pledges to "gradually" abolish the trade.[4]
- The Libel Act gives the right to juries determine what constitutes libel.[5]
[edit] Publications
- Thomas Paine's second edition of Rights of Man, urging the overthrow of the British monarchy.[5]
- Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, one of the earliest works of feminist literature.[5]
[edit] Births
- 10 February - Captain Frederick Marryat, author (d. 1848)
- 7 March - John Herschel, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1871)
- 25 April - John Keble, poet (d. 1866)
- 17 May - Anne Isabella Milbanke, wife of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (d. 1860)
- 16 June - John Linnell, painter (d. 1882)
- 7 July - William Henry Smith, businessman (d. 1865)
- 4 August - Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet (d. 1822)
- 13 August - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen of William IV (d. 1849)
- 18 August - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister (d. 1878)
- 11 November - Mary Anne Evans, wife of Benjamin Disraeli (d. 1872)
[edit] Deaths
- 27 January - George Horne, bishop (born 1730)
- 23 February - Sir Joshua Reynolds, painter (born 1723)
- 3 March - Robert Adam, architect (born 1728)
- 10 March - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister (born 1713)
- 3 April
- George Pocock, admiral (born 1706)
- John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, statesman (born 1718)
- 30 April - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, statesman (born 1718)
- 24 May - George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, naval officer (born 1718)
- 4 June - John Burgoyne, general (born 1723)
- 3 August - Richard Arkwright, inventor (born 1732)
- 5 August - Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister (born 1732)
- 28 October - John Smeaton, civil engineer (born 1724)
[edit] References
- ^ a b BBC History British History Timeline. Retrieved on 2007-09-04.
- ^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 232-233. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ Scotland and the Slave Trade: 2007 Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, Scottish Executive website. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
- ^ a b c "1792." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 4 Jun, 2007
[edit] See also
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