1798 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1798 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
- May–September - Irish Rebellion of 1798: Irish rebels stage an uprising against British dominance.[1]
- 1 August - French Revolutionary Wars: Admiral Nelson's fleet destroys the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile.[2]
- 22 August - French invasion force lands at Killala in Ireland, capturing the town.[3]
- 8 September - French invasion force surrenders at Ballinamuck.[3]
- 10 September - Battle of St. George's Caye: British settlers win a victory over Spanish settlers in what was to become the colony of British Honduras.[1]
- 4 December - Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces income tax.[4]
[edit] Publications
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth's anonymous work Lyrical Ballads.[1]
- Thomas Malthus' anonymous work An Essay on the Principle of Population.[1]
- Edward Jenner's work on vaccination — An Inquiry Into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ.[5]
[edit] Births
- 28 April - Duncan Forbes, linguist (died 1868)
- 12 June - William Abbot, actor (died 1843)
- 28 December - Thomas James Henderson, astronomer (died 1844)
[edit] Deaths
- 12 May - George Vancouver, explorer (b. 1757)
- 19 May - William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, dueler (b. 1722)
- 25 June - Thomas Sandby, cartographer and architect (b. 1721)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "1798." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 5 Jun, 2007
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 347–348. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 236-237. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ (1999) The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
[edit] See also
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