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| Birth Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen |  |
| Birth of Adelaide, daughter of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg |
| Birth Graham, James Robert George | |
| 1st June Birth of James Robert George Graham |
| Citizenship Bentham, Jeremy | |
Made an honorary citizen of France  |
| Commander Howe | |
| Channel Appointed Commander of the Channel Fleet |
| English Channel Appointed Commander of the Channel Fleet |
| Composition Haydn, Joseph | |
| 23rd Mar Vienna First performance of "The Surprise Symphony" at Vienna |
| Death Rodney, George Brydges | |
| 14th May Death of George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney |
| Dismissal Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Dismisses his Lord Chancellor for publicly dissociating from the "Sinking Fund" |
| Invention Rope Making Cartwright, Edmund | |
| Invents a rope making machine |
| LCS Tooke, John Horne | |
| London Hardy & Took found the London Corresponding Society |
| Legislation Wilberforce, William | |
| 2nd April Henry Dundas , Home Secretary, proposes a compromise of so-'gradual abolition' over a number of years, passsed by 230 to 85 votes, but the compromise is la clever ploy to indefinitly delay final abolition |
| London Corresponding Society Hardy, Thomas | |
| London Hardy & Took found the London Corresponding Society |
| Peerage Cornwallis, Charles | |
| Created Marquis Cornwallis , 1st |
| President West, Benjamin | |
| Appointed President of the Royal Academy |
| Publication Holcroft, Thomas | |
| Publication of, "The Road to Ruin" |
| Publication Paine, Thomas | |
| Publication of, "The Rights of Man", 2nd part |
| Publication Wolsencraft, Mary | |
| Dismisses Rousseau's notion women are inferior to men, argues for equal opportunities |
| Publication of, "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" |
| Reform Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 1st assertion collective cabinet responsibility |
| Reform Wilberforce, William | |
| 2nd April Henry Dundas , Home Secretary, proposes a compromise of so-'gradual abolition' over a number of years, passsed by 230 to 85 votes, but the compromise is la clever ploy to indefinitly delay final abolition |
| Slavery Dundas, Henry | |
| 2nd April Henry Dundas , Home Secretary, proposes a compromise of so-'gradual abolition' over a number of years, passsed by 230 to 85 votes, but the compromise is la clever ploy to indefinitly delay final abolition |
| Slavery Wilberforce, William | |
| 2nd April Henry Dundas , Home Secretary, proposes a compromise of so-'gradual abolition' over a number of years, passsed by 230 to 85 votes, but the compromise is la clever ploy to indefinitly delay final abolition |
| 2nd April Wilberforce again presents a bill calling for abolition, the memorable debate that followed brought contributions from the greatest orators in the house, William Pitt and Charles Fox, as well as Wilberforce himself |
