1795 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1795 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Incumbents
- Monarch - King George III
- Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory
Events
- 10–12 February - Great flood on the River Severn; many bridges damaged.[1]
- March - English Benedictine monks expelled from the Priory of St. Gregory's at Douai are permitted to proceed to England where they settle as guests of Sir Edward Smythe at Acton Burnell, Shropshire; later they will establish Downside Abbey.
- 8 April - Marriage of George, Prince of Wales to Caroline of Brunswick.
- 23 April - Former Governor-General of India Warren Hastings acquitted by the House of Lords of misconduct.[2]
- 6 May - Introduction of Speenhamland system of outdoor relief for the poor.[3]
- 25 August - British forces capture Trincomalee in Ceylon.[4]
- September–October - Riots over shortages of bread in many towns across Britain.[4]
- 16 September - British forces capture Cape Town from the Netherlands.[4]
- 28 September - The Alliance of St Petersburg formed between Britain, Russia and Austria against France.[2]
- 2 October - British forces capture Ile d'Yeu, off the coast of Brittany.[4]
- 29 October - King George pelted with stones by an angry mob as bread riots continue.[4]
- November - Parliament passes the Treasonable Practices Act and the Seditious Meetings Act prohibiting meetings of more than fifty people.[2]
- 13 December - A meteorite falls at Wold Newton, a hamlet in Yorkshire.
Ongoing
Undated
- Construction of the Bank of England begins.[4]
- A tax on hair-powder quickly ends the fashion for powdering hair.[4]
- London Missionary Society founded.[4]
- Matthew Lewis' Gothic novel The Monk published.[5]
- Richard Cumberland's novel Henry published.
- William Blake's monotypes Nebuchadnezzar, Newton,[6] The Night of Enitharmon's Joy and Pity produced; and his self-illustrated prophetic poem The Book of Ahania published.
Births
- 24 January - John Buonarotti Papworth, architect (died 1847)
- 5 April - Henry Havelock, general (died 1857)
- 26 May - Thomas Noon Talfourd, judge and author (died 1854)
- 13 June - Thomas Arnold, historian and schoolmaster (died 1842)
- 11 August - Elizabeth Sackville-West, Countess De La Warr, peeress (died 1870)
- 13 September - Julius Charles Hare, theological writer (died 1855)
- 24 October - Edwin Norris, philologist, linguist and orientalist (died 1872)
- 31 October - John Keats, poet and leading figure of the Romantic movement (died 1821)
- 10 November - Walter Geikie, painter (died 1837)
- 10 December - Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet, shipping magnate (died 1890)
- 12 December - Jack Russell, dog breeder (died 1883)
Unknown dates
- Edwin Beard Budding, inventor (died 1846)
- William Heath, artist (died 1840)
- George Meikle Kemp, architect (died 1844)
- William Forster Lloyd, economist (died 1852)
- Zephaniah Williams, chartist (died 1874)
Deaths
- 3 January - Josiah Wedgwood, potter (born 1730)
- 21 January - Samuel Wallis, explorer (born 1728)
- 9 March - John Walsh, scientist (born 1726)
Unknown dates
- Jerry Abershawe, highwayman (born 1773)
- James Craig, architect (born 1744)
References
- ^ "Some historic examples of flood reports". Lower Severn Community Flood Information Network. http://www2.glos.ac.uk/severnfloods/bewdley_p2.htm. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ^ a b c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 345–346. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Bloy, Marjie (2002). "The Speenhamland System". The Victorian Web. Archived from the original on 07 August 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100807123347/http://www.victorianweb.org/history/poorlaw/speen.html. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 234–235. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Leavis, Q.D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (rev. ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.
- ^ Townsend, Joyce, ed. (2003). William Blake: the Painter at Work. London: Tate Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 1-85437-468-0.
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