1789 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1789 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory
[edit] Events
- 3 February - Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces a Regency Bill to Parliament so that the Prince of Wales may act as regent for his father George III during a period of mental illness, but the King recovers before the Bill becomes law.[1]
- 28 April - Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on HMS Bounty against Captain William Bligh.[2]
- 14 June - Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 4,000 mile journey in an open boat.[2]
- 28 August - William Herschel discovers Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.[3]
- 17 September - William Herschel discovers Mimas, another of Saturn's moons.[3]
- 19 November - Thames-Severn Canal opened.[4]
[edit] Undated
- Andrew Pears introduces Pears soap in London.[1]
[edit] Publications
- William Blake's book of poetry Songs of Innocence and of Experience.[1]
- Former slave Olaudah Equiano's autobiography The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano — one of the earliest published works by a black writer.[5]
[edit] Births
- 5 January - Thomas Pringle, poet (died 1834)
- 19 July - John Martin, painter (died 1854)
[edit] Deaths
- 1 January - Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, politician (born 1716)
- 8 January - Jack Broughton, English boxer (born 1703)
- 23 January - Frances Brooke, writer (born 1724)
- 23 January - John Cleland, novelist (born 1709)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 340–341. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b Herschel, Account of the Discovery of a Sixth and Seventh Satellite of the Planet Saturn; with Remarks on the Construction of its Ring, its Atmosphere, its Rotation on an Axis, and its spheroidical Figure, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 80, pp. 1-20, 1790 (read November 12, 1789)
- ^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 230-231. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ "BBC History British History Timeline". http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
[edit] See also
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