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| Battle of Bunker Hill Gage, Thomas | |
| 17th June Bunker Hill British victory during a siege of American rebels in Boston |
| Battle of Lexington Gage, Thomas | |
| 19th April Lexington Uses troops to seize military stores & precipitates the Battle of Lexington |
| Birth of Grimston, James Walter Grimston, James Walter | |
| 26th Sep Birth of James Walter Grimston |
| Death of Bathurst, Allen Bathurst, Allen | |
| 16th Sep Death of Allen Bathurst |
| Discovery of South Georgia Cook, James | |
| South Names the southern most point of Sth Georgia, Cape Disappointment |
| South Sights Sth Georgia & sails around it, he thinks it is connected to Antarctica |
| Lord Advocate Dundas, Henry Melville | |
| Appointed Lord Advocate |
| Peerage Bathurst, Henry | |
| 16th Sep Bathurst Created 2nd Earl Bathurst of Bathurst, Sussex |
| 16th Sep Battlesden Created 2nd Baron Bathurst of Battlesden, co. Bedford |
| Resignation of Gage Gage, Thomas | |
| London Resigns after the battle of Bunker Hill as Governor of Massachusetts |