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| Ambassador Kutuzov |  |
| Constantinople Appointed Ambassador to Turkey |
| Assassination Paul I | |
| 23rd Mar Moscow Russian officers declare Alexander Emperor |
| 23rd Mar Moscow Strangled in his bed during a Kremlin coups by drunken Russian Officers |
| Battle of Alexandria Abercromby, Ralph |  |
| Alexandria Defeats the French under Menou but dies of wounds inflicted during battle |
| Battle of Copenhagen Nelson, Horatio | |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Destroys or captures 17 Danish ships |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Parker orders retreat, Nelson holds a telescope to a blind patch saying he cannot see |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Sinks the Danish fleet & ensures the Baltic ports remain open |
| 2nd April Copenhagen The battle ends the League of Armed Neutrality of Denmark, Sweden, Russia & Prussia |
| 2nd April Copenhagen The battle of Copenhagen is followed by the Treaty of Amiens |
| Battle of Copenhagen Parker, Hyde | |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Parker & Nelson defeat the Danish fleet |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Parker orders retreat, Nelson holds a telescope to a blind patch saying he cannot see |
| Battle of Copenhagen Alexander I | |
| 2nd April Copenhagen After Nelson's victory Alexander gives up the Grand Mastership of the Knights of Malta |
| 2nd April Copenhagen After Nelson's victory the League of Armed Neutrality collapses |
| Birth Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| 28th April London Birth of Anthony Ashley-Cooper |
| Birth Juarez, Benito |  |
| 21st Mar Birth of Benito Juarez |
| Birth Young, Brigham |  |
| 1st June Whitingham Birth of Brigham Young |
| Captain Flinders, Matthew |  |
| Appointed Captain |
| Capture of Carnatic Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Carnatic Britain captures the Carnatic region in India |
| Census Rickman, John | |
| 8.3 million England, 1.6 million Scotland, 0.5 million Wales & 5.2 million Ireland |
| Supervises the 1st British census |
| Commander Cornwallis, William | |
| Appointed Commander of the English Channel |
| Concordat Napoleon I |  |
| Agreed after the battle of Marengo at the request of Napoleon |
| Agreed with Pius VII in an effort to undermine the effects of the emgre clergy |
| France recognizes Catholicism as "the religion of the majority of Frenchmen" |
| Napoleon sees religion as a uniting social force |
| Constitution Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 1st Jan Churches are united into a single Protestant Episcopal Church |
| 1st Jan Ireland is to send 100 MPs to Westminster |
| 1st Jan Ireland will send 4 spiritual Lords & 28 temporal peers to Westminster |
| 1st Jan The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland becomes effective |
| 1st Jan The new state is to be called the United Kingdom |
| 2nd Jan 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland assembles |
| Constitution Jefferson, Thomas | |
| Washington The Republican Party splits between Jefferson & Hamilton |
| Death Abercromby, Ralph | |
| Alexandria Death of Ralph Abercromby, killed in battle |
| Death Arnold, Benedict | |
| 14th June London Death of Benedict Arnold |
| Death Paul I | |
| 23rd Mar Moscow Death of Paul I |
| Declaration of War Caramanli |  |
| Tripoli Declares war on the United States to extort money from traders in the Barabary Coast |
| Diplomacy Maximilian I Joseph |  |
| Signs a separate peace with France |
| Diplomacy Pius VII |  |
| Vatican Ratifies a Concordat with France |
| Discovery of Ceres Piazzi, Giuseppe | |
| Discovers the Ceres asteroid |
| Earl Marshal Feresen |  |
| Appointed Earl Marshal of Sweden |
| Envoy Metternich |  |
| Saxony Appointed Envoy to Saxony |
| First Lord of the Admiralty Jervis, John | |
| London Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty |
| Governor Suchet | |
| Padua Appointed Governor of Padua |
| Governor Benningsen | |
| Appointed Governor General of Lithuania |
| Governor Kutuzov | |
| Appointed Governor of Finland |
| St Petersburg Appointed Governor of St Petersburg |
| Inspector General Suchet | |
| Appointed Inspector-General of Infantry |
| Invasion of Egypt Abercromby, Ralph | |
| Commands an Anglo-Turkish invasion force |
| Invention Locomotive Trevithick, James | |
| 24th Dec The locomotive takes its 1st outing on a British road |
| League Armed Neutrality Addington, Henry | |
| 28th Mar Copenhagen The British Fleet shells the Danish Fleet & breaks the League of Armed Neutrality |
| Legislation Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 1st Jan The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland comes into effect |
| Lieutenant Blucher Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| Appointed Lieutenant-General |
| Lieutenant General Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| Appointed Lieutenant-General |
| Lord Chancellor Scott | |
| Appointed Lord Chancellor, 1st term |
| Maharaja Singh, Ranjit |  |
| 12th April Ranjit Singh takes the title of Maharaja (to coincide with Baisakhi day). a descendant of Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion, conducts the coronation ceremony |
| Minister of Finance Barbemarbois, Francois de Marquis | |
| Appointed Minister of Finance |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Banks Jenkinson, Robert | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Minister of War Carnot, Lazare Nicholas Marguerite | |
| Appointed Minister of War by Napoleon |
| Peace Metternich | |
| Luneville Austria makes peace with France |
| Peace Bonaparte, Joseph | |
| 25th Mar Amiens Signed by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom |
| Peace Napoleon I | |
| 25th Mar Amiens England keeps SriLanka & Trinidad & Malta is restored to the Knights of St John |
| 25th Mar Amiens France keeps continental conquests |
| 25th Mar Amiens Great Britain recognises the French Republic, the consequent peace, which lasted only one year, is the only period during which Great Britain was not at war with France during the so-called 'Great French War'. |
| 25th Mar Amiens Signed by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom |
| Peace Addington, Henry | |
| 25th Mar Amiens England keeps SriLanka & Trinidad & Malta restored to the Knights of St John |
| 25th Mar Amiens France keeps her continental conquests |
| 25th Mar Amiens Great Britain recognises the French Republic, the consequent peace, which lasted only one year, is the only period during which Great Britain was not at war with France during the so-called 'Great French War'. |
| 25th Mar Amiens Signed by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom |
| President Jefferson, Thomas | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 3rd President |
| Prime Minister Addington, Henry | |
| 17th Mar Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| Rebellion Jervis, John | |
| Channel Flee Defeats sedition in the Channel Fleet |
| English Channel Defeats sedition in the Channel Fleet |
| Reform Napoleon I | |
| 5th Jan Paris The Council of State supports Napoleon's mass deportations against the "Jacobins" |
| Resignation Addington, Henry | |
| Mar Pitt resigns from after his failure to achieve Catholic emancipation & Addington is chosen to succeed him |
| Resignation Cornwallis, Charles | |
| Resigns when the King fails to grant Catholic emancipation |
| Resignation Grenville, George Nugent Temple | |
| London Resigns over George III's refusal to assent to Catholic emancipation |
| Resignation Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 3rd Feb London George III refuses to include Pitt's Catholic emancipation in the Act of Union |
| Royal Advisor Arakcheyev | |
| Appointed Advisor to Alexander I |
| Rule of Ceylon Addington, Henry | |
| 25th Mar Under the treaty of Amiens Britain is awarded SriLanka |
| Rule of Egypt Napoleon I | |
| French forces in Egypt are defeated by the Anglo-Turkish Alliance & repatriated |
| Rule of Malta Alexander I | |
| Malta After defeat Alexander gives up claims to Malta |
| Rule of Trinidad Addington, Henry | |
| 25th Mar Trinidad Under the treaty of Amiens Britain is awarded Trinidad |
| Solicitor General Perceval, Spencer | |
| Appointed Solicitor General |
| Speaker House of Commons Mitford | |
| Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons |
| Succession Mahmud |  |
| Kabul Succeeds as Shah of Afghanistan |
| Succession Alexander I | |
| Succeeds as Tsar of Russia |
| Treaty of Amiens Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 27th Mar Amiens Pitt has none of the ideological objections he had with the revolutionary regimes |
| 27th Mar Amiens Pitt recognizes the French Directorate |
| 27th Mar London Pitt agrees a peace with France for the sake of security |
| Tribunate Boissy | |
| Appointed Member of the Tribunate |
| Unification Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 1st Jan London The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland comes into effect |
