1798 in Great Britain

1798 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1798 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory

Events

* May–September - Irish Rebellion of 1798: Irish rebels stage an uprising against British dominance."1798." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 5 Jun, 2007]
* 1 August - French Revolutionary Wars: Admiral Nelson's fleet destroys the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=347–348]
* 22 August - French invasion force lands at Killala in Ireland, capturing the town.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 236-237|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 8 September - French invasion force surrenders at Ballinamuck.
* 10 September - Battle of St. George's Caye: British settlers win a victory over Spanish settlers in what was to become the colony of British Honduras.
* 4 December - Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces income tax.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]

Publications

* Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth's anonymous work "Lyrical Ballads".
* Thomas Malthus' anonymous work "An Essay on the Principle of Population".
* Edward Jenner's work on vaccination — "An Inquiry Into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ". [cite book |title= The Hutchinson Factfinder |publisher= Helicon |year= 1999 |isbn= 1-85986-000-1 ]

Births

* 28 April - Duncan Forbes, linguist (died 1868)
* 12 June - William Abbot, actor (died 1843)
* 28 December - Thomas James Henderson, astronomer (died 1844)

Deaths

* 12 May - George Vancouver, explorer (b. 1757)
* 19 May - William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, dueler (b. 1722)
* 25 June - Thomas Sandby, cartographer and architect (b. 1721)

References

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