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| Battle of Alexandria Abercromby, Ralph |  |
| Alexandria Defeats the French under Menou but dies of wounds inflicted during battle |
| Battle of Copenhagen Nelson, Horatio | |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Destroys or captures 17 Danish ships |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Parker orders retreat, Nelson holds a telescope to a blind patch saying he cannot see |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Sinks the Danish fleet & ensures the Baltic ports remain open |
| 2nd April Copenhagen The battle ends the League of Armed Neutrality of Denmark, Sweden, Russia & Prussia |
| 2nd April Copenhagen The battle of Copenhagen is followed by the Treaty of Amiens |
| Battle of Copenhagen Parker, Hyde | |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Parker & Nelson defeat the Danish fleet |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Parker orders retreat, Nelson holds a telescope to a blind patch saying he cannot see |
| Birth of Ashley Cooper, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| 28th April London Birth of Anthony Ashley-Cooper |
| Capture of Carnatic Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Carnatic Britain captures the Carnatic region in India |
| Census Rickman, John | |
| 8.3 million England, 1.6 million Scotland, 0.5 million Wales & 5.2 million Ireland |
| Supervises the 1st British census |
| Commander English Channel Cornwallis, William | |
| Appointed Commander of the English Channel |
| Constitution Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 1st Jan Churches are united into a single Protestant Episcopal Church |
| 1st Jan Ireland is to send 100 MPs to Westminster |
| 1st Jan Ireland will send 4 spiritual Lords & 28 temporal peers to Westminster |
| 1st Jan The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland becomes effective |
| 1st Jan The new state is to be called the United Kingdom |
| 2nd Jan 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland assembles |
| Death of Abercromby, Ralph Abercromby, Ralph | |
| Alexandria Death of Ralph Abercromby, killed in battle |
| Death of Arnold, Benedict Arnold, Benedict | |
| 14th June London Death of Benedict Arnold |
| First Lord of Admiralty Jervis Jervis, John | |
| London Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty |
| Invasion of Egypt Abercromby, Ralph | |
| Commands an Anglo-Turkish invasion force |
| Invention Locomotive Trevithick, James | |
| 24th Dec The locomotive takes its 1st outing on a British road |
| League Armed Neutrality Addington, Henry | |
| 28th Mar Copenhagen The British Fleet shells the Danish Fleet & breaks the League of Armed Neutrality |
| Legislation Union Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 1st Jan The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland comes into effect |
| Lord Chancellor Scott | |
| Appointed Lord Chancellor, 1st term |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Banks Jenkinson, Robert | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Peace Napoleon I |  |
| 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'. |
| Peace Addington, Henry | |
| 25th Mar Amiens England keeps SriLanka & Trinidad & Malta restored to the Knights of St John |
| 25th Mar Amiens France keeps her continental conquests |
| 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'. |
| 25th Mar Amiens Signed by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom |
| Prime Minister Addington, Henry | |
| 17th Mar Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| Rebellion Jervis, John | |
| Channel Flee Defeats sedition in the Channel Fleet |
| English Channel Defeats sedition in the Channel Fleet |
| Resignation of Cornwallis Cornwallis, Charles | |
| Resigns when the King fails to grant Catholic emancipation |
| Resignation of Grenville Grenville, George Nugent Temple | |
| London Resigns over George III's refusal to assent to Catholic emancipation |
| Resignation of Pitt Addington, Henry | |
| Mar Pitt resigns from after his failure to achieve Catholic emancipation & Addington is chosen to succeed him |
| Resignation of Pitt the Younger Great Britai Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 3rd Feb London George III refuses to include Pitt's Catholic emancipation in the Act of Union |
| Resignation of Pitt the Younger Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 3rd Feb London George III refuses to include Pitt's Catholic emancipation in the Act of Union |
| Rule of Ceylon Addington, Henry | |
| 25th Mar Under the treaty of Amiens Britain is awarded SriLanka |
| Rule of Trinidad Addington, Henry | |
| 25th Mar Trinidad Under the treaty of Amiens Britain is awarded Trinidad |
| Solicitor General Perceval, Spencer | |
| Appointed Solicitor General |
| Speaker House of Commons Mitford | |
| Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons |
| Treaty of Amiens Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 27th Mar Amiens Pitt has none of the ideological objections he had with the revolutionary regimes |
| 27th Mar Amiens Pitt recognizes the French Directorate |
| 27th Mar London Pitt agrees a peace with France for the sake of security |
| Unification Britain Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 1st Jan London The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland comes into effect |
