1799 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1799 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
*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 [cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006] 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.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=348]
* 4 May - Battle of Seringapatam: British forces defeat the Sultan of Mysore; his kingdom is divided between the Honourable East India Company and Hyderabad.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 237-238|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 1 July: Britain allies with Russia, Austria, Portugal, Naples, and the Ottoman Empire against France.
* 27 August - British and Russian expedition to the Batavian Republic (now the Netherlands).
* 30 August - British forces under Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell capture the entire Dutch fleet.
* 9 October - Sinking of HMS Lutine, a famous treasure wreck.
* 18 October - Capitulation of Anglo-Russian expedition forces in Holland.

Undated

* The Combination Act is passed by Parliament to outlaw trade unions. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml|title=BBC History British History Timeline|accessdate=2007-09-04]

Births

* 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)
* 18 June - William Lassell, astronomer (died 1880)
* 8 September - James Bowman Lindsay, inventor (died 1862)
* 30 December - David Douglas, botanist (died 1834)
* James Townsend Saward, barrister and forger (date of death unknown)

Deaths

* 26 January - Gabriel Christie, general (b. 1722)
* 26 May - James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, judge (b. 1714)
* 4 August - John Bacon, sculptor (b. 1740)
* 5 August - Richard Howe, admiral (b. 1726)
* 6 October - William Withering, physician (b. 1741)

References

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