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| Insanity of George IV George IV |  |
| Comes out of his first bout of insanity |
| Lord of the Treasury Apsley, Henry | |
| Appointed Lord of the Treasury |
| Lord Treasurer Bathurst, Henry | |
| Appointed Lord of the Treasury |
| Mutiny Bounty Bligh, William | |
| The Admiralty orders a frigate to arrest the crew who had cast Captain Bligh adrift |
| Peerage Townshend, Thomas | |
| Created Viscount Sydney |
| Peerage William IV | |
| Munster Created the Earl of Munster |
| Westminster Abbey Created the Duke of Clarence |
| Publication of Bentham Bentham, Jeremy | |
| Publication of, "Introduction to the Principles of Morals & Legislation" |
| Rebellion Bligh, William | |
| The Admiralty orders a frigate to arrest the crew who had cast Captain Bligh adrift |
| Reform of Regency George IV | |
| London Pitt passes a Bill introducing a restricted form of Regency controlled by Parliament |
| Slavery Clarkson, Thomas | |
| 12th May Wilberforce draws on Thomas Clarkson's evidence in the Commons, he describes in detail the appalling conditions in which slaves travelled from Africa |
| Slavery Wilberforce, William | |
| Wilberforce leads the establishment of the Society for Suppression of Vice and Encouragement of Religion to curb political aspiration and support for the French Revolution |
| 12th May When the Privy Council report was published on 25 April 1789, it was finally time for Wilberforce to make his delayed entry into the parliamentary campaign, after months of planning Wilberforce makes his first major speech on the subject of abolition |
| 12th May Wilberforce draws on Thomas Clarkson's evidence in the Commons, he describes in detail the appalling conditions in which slaves travelled from Africa |
| Society for Suppression of Vice and Encouragement Wilberforce, William | |
| Wilberforce leads the establishment of the Society for Suppression of Vice and Encouragement of Religion to curb political aspiration and support for the French Revolution |
| Speaker House of Commons Addington, Henry | |
| Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons |
