1799 in Great Britain
Great Britain-related events during the year of 1799
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Events from the year 1799 in Great Britain
Incumbents
Events
9 January – Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound [ 2] French Revolutionary Wars .
20 March–21 May – British troops lend aid to the Ottoman defenders against the French Siege of Acre .[ 3]
4 May – Battle of Seringapatam : British forces defeat the Sultan of Mysore ; his kingdom is divided between the Honourable East India Company and Hyderabad .[ 4]
1 July – Britain allies with Russia , Austria , Portugal , Naples , and the Ottoman Empire against France .[ 4]
12 July – Parliament passes:
15–19 August – A combined French and Spanish fleet stands off the south west coast of England.[ 7]
27 August – Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland : Britain and Russia send an expedition to the Batavian Republic .
30 August – Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland: Vlieter Incident – A squadron of the Batavian Republic 's navy, commanded by Rear-Admiral Samuel Story , surrenders to the British Royal Navy under Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell near Wieringen without joining action.
6 October – Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland: Battle of Castricum – Franco-Dutch forces defeat the Russo-British expedition force.
9 October – Sinking of HMS Lutine (1779) , a famous treasure wreck, in the West Frisian Islands .
16 October – Action of 16 October 1799 : A Spanish treasure convoy worth more than £600,000 is captured by the Royal Navy off Vigo .
18 October – Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland: Capitulation of Anglo-Russian expedition forces in North Holland .
23 October – The River Severn ferry at The Tuckies, Jackfield, Shropshire capsizes and 28 workers from Coalport China Works are drowned.[ 8]
5 November – HMS Sceptre is wrecked in a storm in Table Bay , South Africa, with the loss of 349 and 41 survivors.[ 9]
The Religious Tract Society is established as an evangelical publisher in Paternoster Row , London; as The Lutterworth Press the imprint continues into the 21st century.
Ongoing
Births
January – James Meadows Rendel , civil engineer (died 1856 )
12 January – Priscilla Susan Bury , botanist (died 1872 )
8 February – John Lindley , botanist (died 1865 )
16 March – Anna Atkins , botanist and photographer (died 1871 )[ 10]
29 March – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby , Prime Minister (died 1869 )
17 April – Eliza Acton , cookery writer (died 1859 )
13 May – Catherine Gore , author (died 1861 )
21 May – Mary Anning , paleontologist (died 1847 )
23 May – Thomas Hood , poet (died 1845 )
18 June – William Lassell , astronomer (died 1880 )
25 June – David Douglas , Scottish botanist (died 1834 in Hawaii )
8 September – James Bowman Lindsay , Scottish inventor (died 1862 )
21 December – Ignatius Spencer , priest (died 1864 )
James Townsend Saward , barrister and forger (date of death unknown)Approximate date – William Simson , Scottish-born painter (died 1847 )
Deaths
26 January – Gabriel Christie , Scottish-born general and settler in Montreal (born 1722 )
26 May – James Burnett, Lord Monboddo , Scottish judge and comparative linguist (born 1714 )
14 June – Sir Patrick Warrender , Scottish soldier and politician (born 1731 )[ 11]
4 August – John Bacon , sculptor (born 1740 )
5 August – Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe , admiral (born 1726 )
25 August – John Arnold , watchmaker (born 1736 )
3 September – William Thomas , academic and Chancellor of Llandaff Cathedral (born 1726 )[ 12]
6 October – William Withering , physician (born 1741 )
4 November – Josiah Tucker , economist (born 1713 )[ 13]
References
^ "History of William Pitt 'The Younger' - GOV.UK" . www.gov.uk . Retrieved 1 July 2023 .^ Penguin Pocket On This Day . Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0 ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History 348 . ISBN 0-304-35730-8 ^ a b Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History . London: Century Ltd. pp. 237–238. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2 ^ "BBC History British History Timeline" . Archived from the original on 2007-09-09. Retrieved 2007-09-04 .^ "Unlawful Societies Act 1799" . vlexJustis . Retrieved 2023-03-15 .^ Lloyd's List ^ Clarke, Neil (2015). Crossing the River: Fords and Ferries on the Shropshire Severn . Derby: Railway and Canal Historical Society . pp. 43–44. ISBN 978-0-901461-62-9 ^ "The Autobiography of Sir John Barrow". The United Service Magazine 337 . Retrieved 2008-11-04 . ^ Haines, Catharine M. C. (2001). International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950 . Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-57607-090-1 ^ "WARRENDER, Patrick (1731-99), of Lochend, Haddington" . History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 20 March 2018 .^ Hywel David Emanuel. "Thomas, William (1734-1799), cleric and antiquary" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . Retrieved 26 November 2020 . ^ Ruth Savage (26 April 2012). Philosophy and Religion in Enlightenment Britain: New Case Studies ISBN 978-0-19-922704-4
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