1799 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1799 in Great Britain.
Incumbents
- Monarch - George III
- Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger (Tory)
Events
- 9 January - Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound[1] to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars.
- 20 March–21 May - British troops lend aid to the Ottoman defenders against the French Siege of Acre.[2]
- 4 May - Battle of Seringapatam: British forces defeat the Sultan of Mysore; his kingdom is divided between the Honourable East India Company and Hyderabad.[3]
- 1 July - Britain allies with Russia, Austria, Portugal, Naples, and the Ottoman Empire against France.[3]
- 12 July - The Combination Act is passed by Parliament to outlaw trade unions.[4]
- 15–19 August - A combined French and Spanish fleet stands off the south west coast of England.[5]
- 27 August - Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland: Britain and Russia send an expedition to the Batavian Republic.
- 30 August - Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland: Vlieter Incident: A squadron of the Batavian Republic's navy, commanded by Rear-Admiral Samuel Story, surrenders to the British Royal Navy under Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell near Wieringen without joining action.
- 6 October - Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland: Battle of Castricum - Franco-Dutch forces defeat the Russo-British expedition force.
- 9 October - Sinking of HMS Lutine (1779), a famous treasure wreck, in the West Frisian Islands.
- 16 October - Action of 16 October 1799: A Spanish treasure convoy worth more than £600,000 is captured by the Royal Navy off Vigo.
- 18 October - Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland: Capitulation of Anglo-Russian expedition forces in North Holland.
- 23 October - The River Severn ferry at The Tuckies, Jackfield, Shropshire capsizes and 28 workers from Coalport China Works are drowned.[6]
Ongoing
Births
- January - James Meadows Rendel, civil engineer (died 1856)
- 8 February - John Lindley, botanist (died 1865)
- 29 March - Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister (died 1869)
- 17 April - Eliza Acton, cookery writer (died 1859)
- 13 May - Catherine Gore, author (died 1861)
- 21 May - Mary Anning, paleontologist (died 1847)
- 23 May - Thomas Hood, poet (died 1845)
- 18 June - William Lassell, astronomer (died 1880)
- 25 June - David Douglas, Scottish botanist (died 1834 in Hawaii)
- 8 September - James Bowman Lindsay, Scottish inventor (died 1862)
- James Townsend Saward, barrister and forger (date of death unknown)
- Approximate date - William Simson, Scottish-born painter (died 1847)
Deaths
- 26 January - Gabriel Christie, Scottish-born general and settler in Montreal (born 1722)
- 26 May - James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge and comparative linguist (born 1714)
- 4 August - John Bacon, sculptor (born 1740)
- 5 August - Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, admiral (born 1726)
- 25 August - John Arnold, watchmaker (born 1736)
- 6 October - William Withering, physician (born 1741)
References
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 348. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 237–238. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ "BBC History British History Timeline". Archived from the original on 2007-09-09. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
- ^ Lloyd's List.
- ^ Clarke, Neil (2015). Crossing the River: Fords and Ferries on the Shropshire Severn. Derby: Railway and Canal Historical Society. pp. 43–44. ISBN 978-0-901461-62-9.