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| | Aide de Campe Wellesley, Arthur |  |
| Dublin Appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy |
| Birth of Peel, Robert Peel, Robert | |
| Birth of Robert Peel |
| Birth of Somerset, Fitzroy Somerset, Fitzroy | |
| Birth of FitzRoy Somers et, 1st Baron Raglan, eighth and youngest son of Henry Somers et, 5th Duke of Beaufort |
| Health George IV | |
| Suffers 1st bout of insanity |
| Linnean Society Smith, James Francis Edward | |
| London Founds the Linnean Society which specializes in botany & zoology |
| Rear Admiral William IV | |
| Appointed Rear Admiral |
| Slavery Dolben, William | |
| Support for slave trade abolition results in the passage of the 1788 Bill brought by Sir William Dolben to improve the conditions for slaves by limiting the capacity of slave-carrying ships which crossed the Atlantic |
| Sydney Townshend, Thomas | |
| 22nd Jan Sydney Sydney Cove named in honour of Townshend, the settlement becomes known as Sydney |
| Triple Alliance Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 13th Aug Agreed between Britain, Prussia & Holland against France, the Empire & Russia |
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