William Pitt the Younger Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Reform of Catholic Rights

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

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1783-1801

Rebellion of United Irishmen

Wolfe Tone leads an abortive rebellion of the United Irishmen

Role range: 1783-1801

First Irish Union Motion Defeated

The Irish House of Commons rejected an initial proposal to consider a parliamentary union with Great Britain.

Radical Societies

All Radical Societies are banned

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1783-1801

British Union Resolutions Advanced

Pitt's ministry advanced resolutions in the British Parliament supporting a legislative union with Ireland.

Irish Union Articles Accepted

Both houses of the Irish Parliament accepted the terms of parliamentary union in March 1800.

Act of Union

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

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1783-1801

Unification

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

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1783-1801

Unification

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

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1783-1801

Union Legislation Receives Royal Assent

The Acts of Union received royal assent in August 1800 and provided for implementation at the start of 1801.

Capture of Malta

French occupation troops on Malta surrender to the British

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1783-1801

Unification

Creates peace by union with Ireland which lasts until 1801

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1783-1801

Act of Union

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

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1783-1801

Act of Union

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

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1783-1801

Constitution of Great Britain

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

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1783-1801

Legislation

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

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1783-1801

Unification

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

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1783-1801

Protestant Episcopal Church

Churches are united into a single Protestant Episcopal Church

Role range: 1783-1801 – 1783-1801

Irish Parliamentary Representation Reorganized

The union provided Ireland with one hundred seats in the Westminster House of Commons.

Irish Representative Peerage System Begins

The union created a system through which Irish peers elected twenty eight representatives to the House of Lords.

Established Churches Formally United

The union joined the established churches of England and Ireland in a single Protestant episcopal institution.

Irish Customs Arrangements Transitional

The union provided a transitional framework for customs and financial arrangements instead of immediate complete fiscal integration.

Constitution of Great Britain

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

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1783-1801

Resignation of William Pitt the Younger

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

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1783-1801

Treaty of Amiens

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

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1783-1801

Treaty of Amiens

Pitt agrees a peace with France for the sake of security

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1783-1801

Capture of Carnatic

Britain captures the Carnatic region in India

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1783-1801

Coalition, 3rd

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

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1806

Capture of Calcutta

Britain captures Calcutta

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1804-1806

Coalition, 3rd

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

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1806

Coalition, 3rd

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

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1806

Treaty of Pressburg Britain

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

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1806

Treaty of Pressburg Britain

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

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1806

Admiralty

Appointed Head of the Admiralty

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1805-1806

Coalition, 3rd

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

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1806

Property Tax

Increases Property Tax by 25%

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1806

Death of William Pitt the Younger

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

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1804-1806