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| Battle of Seringapatam Cornwallis, Charles |  |
| Seringapatam Defeats Sultan Tippu |
| Captain Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 30th June Appointed Captain |
| Colonization Canada Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Partitions Canada into the lower French & the upper British parts |
| Death of Wesley, John Wesley, John | |
| London Death of John Wesley |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Grenville, George Nugent Temple | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Grenville, William Wyndham | |
| Feb Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Osbourne, Francis Godolphin | |
| 23rd Dec Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Minister of Home Dundas, Henry Melville | |
| Appointed Home Secretary |
| Publication of Paine Paine, Thomas | |
| Publication of, "The Rights of Man", 1st part |
| Reform of Methodist Church Wesley, John | |
| After Wesley's death Methodists become nonconformist |
| Secretary Home Grenville, George Nugent Temple | |
| London Appointed Home Secretary |
| Slavery Cowper, William | |
| Helps to distribute anti-slavery newspapers by the Correspondence Committees |
| Slavery Wilberforce, William | |
| April After two evenings of debate, the bill was easily defeated by 163 votes to 88 |
| April Wilberforce introduces the first Parliamentary Bill to abolish the slave trade with a closely-reasoned speech which he used to present the facts and evidence that had been gathered, and which lasted four hours |
