Henry Addington Biography

Birth of Henry Addington, son of Anthony Addington, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chathams physician

Birth of Henry Addington, son of Anthony Addington, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chathams physician

Elected Member of Parliament

Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons

Pitt resigns from after his failure to achieve Catholic emancipation & Addington is chosen to succeed him

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain

England keeps Ceylon & Trinidad & Malta restored to the Knights of St John.

France keeps her continental conquests.

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.

Signed by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.

Under the Treaty of Amiens Britain is awarded Ceylon

Under the Treaty of Amiens Britain is awarded Trinidad

The British Fleet shells the Danish Fleet & breaks the League of Armed Neutrality

The British Fleet shells the Danish Fleet & breaks the League of Armed Neutrality

Britain captures Aden from the Turks, used as a refuelling station en-route to India

The Health & Morals of Apprentices Act, 1st textile workhouse children regulations

Under the Treaty of Amiens France withdraws from the Papal States; it fixed the borders of French Guiana; Malta, Gozo, and Comino are restored to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the islands are declared neutral

The Health & Morals of Apprentices Act, 1st textile workhouse children regulations

Britain captures Aden from the Turks, used as a refuelling station en-route to India

Britain returns Cape Colony to the Dutch

Under the Treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt

Under the Treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt

Britain returns Malacca to the Dutch

Under the Treaty of Amiens France withdraws from the Papal States; it fixed the borders of French Guiana; Malta, Gozo, and Comino are restored to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the islands are declared neutral

Under the Treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt

Under the Treaty of Amiens France withdraws from the Papal States; it fixed the borders of French Guiana; Malta, Gozo, and Comino are restored to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the islands are declared neutral

An unfavourable peace is signed with France which quickly breaks down and leads to Pitt's return to power

The Treaty is made possible by William Pitt's resignation on a separate issue with Addington replacing him, the British negotiators are led by Robert Jenkinson, Lord Liverpool.

The Treaty of Amiens confirms "peace, friendship, and good understanding" and arranges for the restoration of prisoners and hostages.

Under the Treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt.

Together with the Treaty of Lun‚ville (1801) the Treaty of Amiens marks the end of the Second Coalition

Resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain

Death of Henry Addington