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Great Britain in 1790

Historical records for Great Britain in 1790, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
5Events
6Named people
2Places
5Categories

Historical records

January

15 January 1790Reballion of BountyFletcher Christian

Warfare / Military

Leads the rebellion of the Bounty

January 1790SlaveryWilliam Wilberforce

Government / Whig Party Government

Wilberforce succeedes in gaining approval for a Parliamentary select committee to consider the slave trade and to examine the vast quantity of evidence which he put forward

Other Events

1790Member of ParliamentRobert Banks Jenkinson Liverpool, 2nd

Rye · Politics / Tory Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Rye, beginning the parliamentary career of the future Lord Liverpool.

1790Member of ParliamentArthur Wellesley Wellington, 1st

Trim · Politics / Tory Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Trim, Ireland

1790Poet LaureateHenry James Pye

Arts / Poetry

Appointed Poet Laureate

1790Reflections on the Revolution in FranceEdmund Burke

Humanities / Social Science

Publication of "Reflections On the French Revolution". Condemns the French revolution & upholds the ideas of the English 1688 revolution

Names involved

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1stEdmund BurkeFletcher ChristianHenry James PyeRobert Banks Jenkinson Liverpool, 2ndWilliam Wilberforce

Places involved

RyeTrim

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.