1793 in Great Britain

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Events from the year 1793 in the Kingdom of Great Britain. Incumbents Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory Incumbents Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory Incumbents Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory Incumbents Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory In the 1793 English cricket season, Surrey teams defeated All-England three times Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a State in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800

1 Incumbents
2 Events
- 2.1 Undated
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 References
6 See also

Incumbents

Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory

Events

1 February - French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on Britain, the Netherlands and Spain. George III (George William Frederick 4 June 1738 George III's long reign was marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdom much of the rest of Europe and places William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 &ndash 23 January 1806 was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In the political tradition of some English-speaking countries, the term Tory has referred to a variety of political parties and Creeds since it was Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts from 1792 until 1802 fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. ^[1]
15 April - The Bank of England issues the first £5 note. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English The Bank of England (formally the Governor and Company of the Bank of England) is a state-owned institution and the Central bank of the United Kingdom Sterling banknotes are the Banknotes of the United Kingdom and British Islands, denominated in pounds sterling (symbol £ ^[2]
23 August - The Board of Agriculture founded. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire ^[1]
18 September–18 December - French Revolutionary Wars: Siege of Toulon. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the The Siege of Toulon ( 18 September - 18 December 1793) was an early Republican victory over a Royalist rebellion in the Southern French Admiral Hood's squadron of Royal Navy ships forced to withdraw from Toulon after a successful siege by Napoleon. For other related uses see Admiral Hood Samuel Hood 1st Viscount Hood ( 12 December 1724 &ndash 27 January The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Toulon ( Provençal Occitan: Tolon in classical norm or Touloun in Mistralian norm is a city in southern France and a large Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. ^[1]

Undated

The Macartney Embassy, a diplomatic mission to China, is rebuffed by Qianlong Emperor. The Macartney Embassy, also called the Macartney Mission, was a British Embassy to China in 1793 China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Emperor Qianlong (Chinese 乾隆 Qiánlóng, Wade-Giles' Ch'ien-Lung', Mongolian Tengeriig Tetgesen Khaan, born Hongli (弘历 September ^[1]
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson meets Emma, Lady Hamilton in Naples. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1st Viscount Nelson 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758– 21 October 1805 was a British Emma Lady Hamilton (born 1761 baptised 26 April 1765 &ndash 15 January 1815 is best remembered as the mistress of Lord Nelson and as the muse of George Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the ^[1]
Lansdown Crescent built in Bath. Lansdown Crescent is a well-known example of Georgian architecture in Bath, England, designed by John Palmer and constructed by a variety of Bath is a city in Somerset in the south west of England It is situated west of London and south-east of Bristol. ^[1]
Explorer Alexander MacKenzie becomes the first European to cross North America. Sir Alexander Mackenzie (Alasdair MacCoinnich 1764 - March 12, 1820) was a Scottish-Canadian explorer. ^[3]
British troops invade the island of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) to suppress a slave rebellion but are forced to withdraw by disease and the army of Toussaint Louverture. Saint-Domingue was a French Colony on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola from 1659 to 1804 when it became the independent nation of Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: The Revolution (1791–1804 was the most successful of African Slave rebellions in the Western Hemisphere François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture ^[4]

Births

3 March - William Charles Macready, actor (died 1873)
6 March - William Dick, Founder of Edinburgh Veterinary College (died 1866)
25 September - Felicia Hemans, poet (died 1835)

Deaths

5 January - John Howie, biographer (born 1735)
1 February - William Wildman Shute Barrington, statesman (born 1717)
2 February - William Aiton, botanist (born 1731)
20 March - William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, judge and politician (born 1705)
26 March - John Mudge, physician and inventor (born 1721)
29 April - John Michell, scientist (born 1724)
11 June - William Robertson, historian (born 1721)
26 June - Gilbert White, ornithologist (born 1720)
7 October - Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, politician (born 1718)
16 October - John Hunter, surgeon (born 1728)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "1793. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian William Charles Macready ( March 3, 1793 - April 27, 1873) English Actor, was born in London, and educated at Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - William Gladstone, Liberal Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of William Thomas Dick ( 16 January 1865 – 1 July 1932) was an Australian politician Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - John Russell 1st Earl Russell, Liberal Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Felicia Hemans ( September 25, 1793 - May 16 1835) was an English poet Incumbents Monarch - William IV of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Robert Peel, Whig, (until Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. John Howie (1735&ndash1793 biographer an East Renfrewshire farmer from Lochgoin, who claimed descent from an Albigensian refugee wrote Lives Incumbents Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen William Wildman Shute Barrington 2nd Viscount Barrington PC ( 5 January 1717 &ndash 1 February 1793) was a British secretary Incumbents Monarch - George I of Great Britain Events 1 January - Count Karl von Gyllenborg Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor For his son see William Townsend Aiton William Aiton ( 1731 - February 2, 1793) was a Scottish Incumbents Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. William Murray 1st Earl of Mansfield PC ( 2 March 1705 &ndash 20 March 1793) was a British Judge and Politician Events 11 April - Captain Thomas Green hanged for piracy at Leith. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. John Mudge (1721 &ndash 26 March 1793) was an English Physician and amateur creator of telescope mirrors who won the Copley Medal Incumbents Monarch - George I of Great Britain Prime Minister - (From 4 April) Robert Walpole, Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. John Michell ( December 25, 1724 – April 29, 1793) was an English natural philosopher and Geologist, whose work spanned Incumbents Monarch - George I of Great Britain Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. William Robertson ( September 19, 1721 – June 11, 1793) was a Scottish Historian and Principal of the Incumbents Monarch - George I of Great Britain Prime Minister - (From 4 April) Robert Walpole, Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. This article is about the 18th-century English naturalist For the 20th-century American geographer see Gilbert F Incumbents Monarch - George I of Great Britain Events 17 February - Treaty of Den Haag Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Wills Hill 1st Marquess of Downshire, PC ( 30 May 1718 – 7 October 1793) was a British politician of the Georgian era Incumbents Monarch - George I of Great Britain Events 7 January - Occasional Conformity Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western John Hunter ( February 13, 1728 - October 16, 1793) was a Scottish surgeon regarded as one of the most distinguished scientists Incumbents Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig " The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes. com. 2006. 4 Jun, 2007
^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 343–345. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ BBC History British History Timeline. Retrieved on 2007-09-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself

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