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The Age of George III |
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1793 | Scottish radicals go on trial
The Board of Agriculture is set up with Arthur Young as its secretary |
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February | Britain enters the French Wars | |
1794 | May | Pitt suspends Habeas Corpus |
July | The Whig party finally splits. Most join Pitt but Fox still has some support. | |
Admiral Howe defeats the French navy in a battle in the Channel
Britain occupies Corsica: Nelson loses his right eye |
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1795 | The Speenhamland system of poor relief begins in Speenhamland
Warren Hastings is acquitted of treason Food riots and widespread economic distress because of the French Wars and high food prices |
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December | Treasonable Practices Act is passed
Seditious Meetings Act is passed Britain acquires Cape Colony from the Dutch |
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1796 | Peace proposals between Britain and France fail
Edward Jenner begins to vaccinate against smallpox Spain enters the war on the side of France Britain takes Ceylon from the Dutch |
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1797 | Edmund Burke dies
Unlawful Oaths Act passed Income Tax is introduced |
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February | Pitt suspends cash payments by the Bank of England | |
April | Mutiny at Spithead | |
May | Mutiny at the Nore | |
1798 | Taxes on newspapers increased
Wolfe Tone and the United Irishmen's rising takes place Malthus publishes his Principles of Population (text here) Nelson wins the Battle of the Nile The second coalition against France is constructed |
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1799 | Income Tax is collected for the first time
Combination Acts are passed |
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1800 | Robert Owen's model factory at
New Lanark is founded Combination Acts are revised Richard Trevithick invents a steam engine |
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March | The Act of Union with Ireland is passed | |
1801 | March | Pitt resigns because the king will not consider Catholic Emancipation
Addington becomes PM Nelson wins the Battle of Copenhagen Habeas Corpus is suspended again First Census is conducted |
1802 | Peace of Amiens is signed between Britain and France
Cobbett founds the Weekly Political Register The Whig periodical, the Edinburgh Review is founded Health and Morals of Apprentices Act is passed by parliament Bentham publishes his Civil and Penal Legislation in which he advocated the Panopticon |
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1803 | The Peace of Amiens collapses and war between France and Britain resumes | |
1804 | April | Addingon resigns and Pitt resumes office as PM |
Spain declares war on Britain
Wiliam Blake publishes his poem Jerusalem, attacking industrialisation |
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1805 | The third coalition against France is formed | |
21 October | Battle of Trafalgar. Nelson is killed | |
1806 | A cotton mill becomes the first place to use gas lighting | |
January | Pitt dies
The "Ministry of all the Talents" (or the Fox-Grenville Coalition) is formed under Lord Grenville. Fox is Foreign Secretary, holding office for the first time since 1783. |
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September | Fox dies | |
November | Napoleon introduces the Berlin Decrees, starting the Continental System | |
December | A general election strengthens the government |
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12 January, 2016
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