Rebellion of Bounty
Leads the rebellion of the Bounty
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1790 in Great Britain
Explore 14 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1790.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1790
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January
Slavery
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
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Defends Principles of Equality
Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Men attacked hereditary privilege and defended social and political reform.
Elements of Morality Translation
Wollstonecraft translated Christian Gotthilf Salzmann's Elements of Morality, contributing to literature on childhood education.
Irish Agricultural Cargoes Pass Through Dock
The wet dock handled produce arriving from Ireland as Liverpool's import trade diversified. It connected dock geometry to the commercial requirements of shipping.
Marriage of Heaven and Hell Begins
Blake began The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, a radical illuminated work combining prose and poetry.
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Rye, beginning the parliamentary career of the future Lord Liverpool.
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Trim, Ireland
Navigation Tables Updated Using Greenwich Data
Continued observation and reduction of measurements supported revisions to ephemerides used at sea. The programme linked scientific data with public time standards.
Poet Laureate
Appointed Poet Laureate
Political Argument for Inherited Institutions
Burke developed a defense of historical institutions and gradual reform in his criticism of the French Revolution.
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Publication of "Reflections On the French Revolution". Condemns the French revolution & upholds the ideas of the English 1688 revolution
Vindication of Rights of Men
Wollstonecraft published A Vindication of the Rights of Men in response to Edmund Burke's critique of revolution.
Young Grandison Translation Published
Wollstonecraft translated Young Grandison, a children's epistolary work by Maria Geertruida van de Werken de Cambon.
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