1 January 1801Act of UnionWilliam Pitt the Younger Chatham, 2nd
The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland comes into effect. The Act of Union of Great Britain & Ireland becomes effective
Historical records for Great Britain in 1801, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
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
Is promoted vice admiral before the Baltic campaign.
1st Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland assembles
George III refuses to include Pitts Catholic emancipation in the Act of Union
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
The Battle of Alexandria is fought between the French General Menou and the British Abercrombie, where the British troops had advanced towards Alexandria. Abercromby defeats the French but dies during the battle. The British advance and capture Alexandria 2nd Sept 1801
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
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
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
Pitt resigns from after his failure to achieve Catholic emancipation & Addington is chosen to succeed him
British forces destroy or capture many Danish ships during the battle.
Nelson attacks Danish ships to keep Baltic ports open to Britain.
Parker orders retreat, but Nelson famously puts the telescope to his blind eye.
The Battle of Copenhagen helps end the League of Armed Neutrality.
Parker orders retreat, Nelson holds a telescope to a blind patch saying he cannot see. Parker & Nelson defeat the Danish fleet
Commands the Baltic expedition at Copenhagen.
Ignores Parker's signal by putting the telescope to his blind eye.
The battle weakens the League of Armed Neutrality of Denmark, Sweden, Russia and Prussia.
Is created Viscount Nelson after the Copenhagen victory.
Death of Benedict Arnold
The Battle of Alexandria is fought between the French army under General Menou and the British expeditionary corps under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, where the British troops had advanced towards Alexandria. Abercromby defeats the French but dies during the battle. The British advance and capture Alexandria 2nd Sept 1801
The Battle of Alexandria is fought between the French army under General Menou and the British expeditionary corps under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, where the British troops had advanced towards Alexandria. Abercromby defeats the French but dies during the battle. The British advance and capture Alexandria 2nd Sept 1801
The Battle of Alexandria is fought between the French army under General Menou and the British expeditionary corps under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, where the British troops had advanced towards Alexandria. Abercromby defeats the French but dies during the battle. The British advance and capture Alexandria 2nd Sept 1801
The locomotive takes its 1st outing on a British road
Sails with Parker's fleet to challenge the Armed Neutrality.
Brunel obtains a patent covering machinery for manufacturing ships' pulley blocks.
Britain captures the Carnatic region in India
Supervises the 1st British census. 8.3 million England, 1.6 million Scotland, 0.5 million Wales & 5.2 million Ireland
Appointed Commander of the English Channel
Appointed Commander of the English Channel
Death of Ralph Abercromby, killed in battle
Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty
Appointed Foreign Minister
Commands an Anglo-Turkish invasion force
Appointed Lord Chancellor, 1st term
Lives at Merton Place with Emma Hamilton and Sir William Hamilton.
Returns to a brief peacetime role after the Copenhagen campaign.
Defeats sedition in the Channel Fleet
Defeats sedition in the Channel Fleet
Resigns when the King fails to grant Catholic emancipation
Resigns over George IIIs refusal to assent to Catholic emancipation
Appointed Solicitor General
Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons
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