William Pitt the Younger Biography

First elected MP

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term

Appointed First Lord of the Treasury

Forwards plans for Parliamentary reform but is defeated. Forwards plans for modifying the East India Charter but is defeated

Proclaims an end to British hostilities in America

Under the Treaty of Paris Britain cedes Florida to Spain

The Treaty of Paris is signed by Britain & the US, formally ending the war. Britain signs a Peace Pact with France & Spain at Versailles, ceding Florida to Spain

Appointed Prime Minister by George III, Britains youngest Prime Minister, age 24

The National debt rises to 238m pounds & Pitt creates a single treasury

Rises taxes, e.g. window tax, & creates a sinking fund. Puts Government contracts out to competitive tender

Passes legislation establishing a new constitution for the East India Company

The National debt rises to 238m pounds & Pitt creates a single treasury

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term

Passes legislation establishing a new constitution for the East India Company. Introduces a Parliamentary reform bill which is defeated by 248 votes to 174

The US Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris

The US Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris

Fails to create a commercial union of the British Isles

Reduces the duty on tea in an attempt to reduce smuggling

Negotiates a favourable commercial Treaty with France

Passes an Act regulating the Slave Trade

Passes an Act regulating the Slave Trade

Under what came to be known as the Wilberforce Oak at Holwood, Pitt challenged his friend: "Wilberforce, why dont you give notice of a motion on the subject of the Slave Trade?"

Agreed between Britain, Prussia & Holland against France, the Empire & Russia

Dismisses his Lord Chancellor for publicly dissociating from the "Sinking Fund"

1st assertion collective cabinet responsibility

Forms a coalition with Russia, Sardinia, Spain, Naples, Prussia, Austria & Portugal

Appointed Lord Privy Seal

Cuts finances to the Prussian military, blames them for defeat to France in Germany

Suspends Habeus Corpus because of fears of Jacobinism & the French revolution

Appointed President of the Council

Joins Russia, Portugal, Naples, Austria & the Turkey after the victory of the Nile

Imposes 1d more stamp duty on British newspapers

Prohibits imports of foreign newspapers

Proposes an income tax of 2s in the pound

Proposes an income tax of 2s in œ1

Wolfe Tone leads an abortive rebellion of the United Irishmen

Wolfe Tone leads an abortive rebellion of the United Irishmen

Forces George III to drop Catholic Emancipation after the rebellion of Ireland

May 23-June 21, a rebellion takes place in Wexford

May 23-June 21, a rebellion takes place in Wexford

An Anglon alliance Treaty is concluded

All Radical Societies are banned

Creates peace by union with Ireland which lasts until 1801

An Act of Union with Ireland is passed in the House of Commons

An Act of Union with Ireland is passed in the House of Commons

Threats of Irish rebellion & French invasion convince Pitt that union is essential

French occupation troops on Malta surrender to the British

Britain captures the Carnatic region in India

The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland comes into effect. The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland becomes effective

The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland comes into effect

The new state is to be called the United Kingdom. The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland becomes effective. Ireland will send 4 spiritual Lords & 28 temporal peers to Westminster. Ireland is to send 100 MPs to Westminster. Churches are united into a single Protestant Episcopal Church

The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland comes into effect

Churches are united into a single Protestant Episcopal Church

The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland comes into effect

1st Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland assembles

George III refuses to include Pitts Catholic emancipation in the Act of Union

Pitt recognizes the French Directorate. Pitt has none of the ideological objections he had with the revolutionary regimes

Pitt agrees a peace with France for the sake of security

Britain captures Calcutta

An Anglo-Swedish agreement leads to the creation of the 3rd Coalition

Appointed Head of the Admiralty

Prior to the formation of the 3rd Coalition, Napoleon had assembled the Army of England, an invasion force meant to strike at the British Isles, around six camps at Boulogne-sur-Mer in Northern France. Mutual suspicion between the British and the Russians eased in the face of several French political mistakes, and by April of 1805 the two had signed a Treaty of alliance

Increases Property Tax by 25%

Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg, which takes Austria out of the war

The Battle of Austerlitz brings the 3rd Coalition to an end

Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg, which takes Austria out of the war

The Battle of Austerlitz brings the 3rd Coalition to an end

His last words are "oh, my Country! how I leave my Country"