1782 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1782 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Frederick North, Lord North, Tory (to 22 March), Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Whig (to 1 July), William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Whig
[edit] Events
- 25 January–26 January - American Revolutionary War: Battle of St. Kitts between French and British fleets.
- 5 February - Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca.[1]
- 17 February - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Sadras between French and British fleets.
- 19 March - Frederick North, Lord North resigns as Prime Minister because of recent setbacks in the American Revolutionary War.[2]
- 27 March - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister.[3] His new Whig administration opens peace talks with the Americans, with Thomas Grenville being sent to Paris to negotiate with Benjamin Franklin.[1]
- 1 April - Rockingham appoints the first Home Secretary (William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne) and Foreign Secretary (Charles James Fox).[2]
- 12 April - American Revolutionary War: A British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse in the West Indies at the Battle of the Saintes.[4]
- 12 April - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Providien.
- 17 May
- Parliament repeals the Ireland Act of 1720 allowing the Parliament of Ireland legislative independence.[1]
- Treaty of Salbai ends the First Anglo-Maratha War.[1]
- 25 May–12 June - American Revolutionary War: Crawford expedition.
- 4 July - William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne becomes Prime Minister following the death of Rockingham.[5]
- 6 July - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Negapatam between British and French fleets.
- 19 August - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks.
- 3 September - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trincomalee between French and British fleets.
- 20 October - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape Spartel.
- 30 November - American Revolutionary War: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalised in the Treaty of Paris).[1]
[edit] Ongoing events
- Second Anglo-Mysore War 1780–1784
[edit] Undated
- Parliament extends James Watt's patent for the steam engine to the year 1800.
[edit] Births
- 5 January - Robert Morrison, Protestant missionary to China (died 1834)
- 10 August - Charles James Napier, general and Commander-in-Chief in India (died 1853)
- 1 November - Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1859)
[edit] Deaths
- 18 January - John Pringle, physician (born 1707)
- 27 April - William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, politician (born 1710)
- 20 May - William Emerson, mathematician (born 1701)
- May - Richard Wilson, painter (born 1714)
- 14 June - Edward Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier soldier and courtier (born 1740)
- 1 July - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister (born 1730)
- 27 December - Henry Home, Lord Kames, advocate and philosopher (born 1697)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 334–335. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 228-230. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ "PMs in history, Marquess of Rockingham. 10 Downing Street website". http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page164.asp. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ "PMs in history, Earl of Shelburne. 10 Downing Street website". http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page163.asp. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
[edit] See also
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