1784 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1784 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory
[edit] Events
- 28 February - John Wesley charters the Methodist Church.[1]
- 15 April - General election won by William Pitt the Younger's Tory Party.[2]
- 21 June - Commutation Act 1784 reduces duties on spirits and tea, and implements window tax.[2]
- 2 August - the first mail coach runs between Bristol and London.[1]
- 13 August - Parliament passes the India Act to regulate the East India Company.[3]
- 16 August - Britain creates the colony of New Brunswick in Canada.
- 15 September - The Italian Vincenzo Lunardi makes the first hydrogen balloon ascent in Britain.[1]
[edit] Births
- 28 January - George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1860)
- 20 October - Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister (died 1865)
- October - Sarah Biffen, painter (died 1850)
[edit] Deaths
- 10 August - Allan Ramsay, painter (born 1713)
- 13 December - Samuel Johnson, writer and lexicographer (born 1709)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 228-230. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 336–337. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
[edit] See also
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