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| 1757 | Birth |  |
| 30th May Birth of Henry Addington, son of Anthony Addington, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham's physician
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| 1784 | Election | |
| Elected Member of Parliament
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| 1789 | Speaker | |
| Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons
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| 1801 | League Armed Neutrality | |
| 28th Mar Copenhagen The British Fleet shells the Danish Fleet & breaks the League of Armed Neutrality
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| 1801 | Peace | |
| 25th Mar Amiens England keeps Ceylon & Trinidad & Malta restored to the Knights of St John
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| 25th Mar Amiens France keeps her continental conquests
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| 25th Mar Amiens Great Britain recognises the French Republic, the consequent peace, which lasted only one year, is the only period during which Great Britain was not at war with France during the so-called 'Great French War'.
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| 25th Mar Amiens Signed by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom
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| 1801 | Prime Minister | |
| 17th Mar Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
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| 1801 | Resignation | |
| Mar Pitt resigns from after his failure to achieve Catholic emancipation & Addington is chosen to succeed him
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| 1801 | Rule of Ceylon | |
| 25th Mar Under the treaty of Amiens Britain is awarded Ceylon
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| 1801 | Rule of Trinidad | |
| 25th Mar Trinidad Under the treaty of Amiens Britain is awarded Trinidad
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| 1802 | Capture | |
| Britain captures Aden from the Turks, used as a refuelling station en-route to India
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| 1802 | Reform | |
| London The Health & Morals of Apprentices Act, 1st textile workhouse children regulations
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| 1802 | Rule of Aden | |
| Britain captures Aden from the Turks, used as a refuelling station en-route to India
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| 1802 | Rule of Cape Colony | |
| Cape Colony Britain returns Cape Colony to the Dutch
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| Cape Colony Under the treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt
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| 1802 | Rule of Egypt | |
| Under the treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt
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| 1802 | Rule of Malacca | |
| Malacca Britain returns Malacca to the Dutch
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| 1802 | Rule of Malta | |
| Under the treaty of Amiens France withdraws from the Papal States; it fixed the borders of French Guiana; Malta, Gozo, and Comino are restored to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the islands are declared neutral
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| 1802 | Rule of West Indies | |
| Under the treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt
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| 1802 | Treaty of Amiens | |
| Amiens An unfavourable peace is signed with France which quickly breaks down & leads to Pitt's return to power
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| Amiens The treaty is made possible by William Pitt's resignation on a separate issue with Addington replacing him, the British negotiators are led by Robert Jenkinson, Lord Liverpool
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| Amiens The treaty of Amiens confirms "peace, friendship, and good understanding" & arranges for the restoration of prisoners & hostages
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| Amiens Under the treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt
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| Under the treaty of Amiens France withdraws from the Papal States; it fixed the borders of French Guiana; Malta, Gozo, and Comino are restored to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the islands are declared neutral
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| 25th Mar Amiens Together with the treaty of Lun‚ville (1801) the treaty of Amiens marks the end of the Second Coalition
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| 1804 | Resignation | |
| 10th Mar London Resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain
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| 1844 | Death | |
| Death of Henry Addington
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