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==Incumbents== |
==Incumbents== |
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* [[List of British monarchs|Monarch]] – [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] |
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* [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] – [[William Pitt the Younger]] ([[Tories (British political party)|Tory]])<ref>{{cite web |title=History of William Pitt 'The Younger' - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/william-pitt |website=www.gov.uk |access-date=1 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> |
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*'''Prime Minister''' – [[William Pitt the Younger]] ([[Tory]]) |
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* [[Foreign Secretary]] – [[William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville|Lord Grenville]] |
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* [[Parliament of Great Britain|Parliament]] – 17th |
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==Events== |
==Events== |
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* 12 March – rebuilt [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]] opens in |
* 12 March – rebuilt [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]] opens in London.<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> |
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* 23 March – British troops capture [[Martinique]] from the [[France|French]].<ref name="The People's Chronology">{{cite book|chapter=1794|title=The People's Chronology|editor=Everett, Jason M.|publisher=Thomson Gale|year=2006|url=http://www.enotes.com/peoples-chronology|accessdate=2007-06-05}}</ref> |
* 23 March – British troops capture [[Martinique]] from the [[France|French]].<ref name="The People's Chronology">{{cite book|chapter=1794|title=The People's Chronology|editor=Everett, Jason M.|publisher=Thomson Gale|year=2006|url=http://www.enotes.com/peoples-chronology|accessdate=2007-06-05|archive-date=2007-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822205439/http://www.enotes.com/peoples-chronology/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* 19 April – Britain signs a treaty of alliance with [[Prussia]] and the [[Netherlands]] against France.<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> |
* 19 April – Britain signs a treaty of alliance with [[Prussia]] and the [[Netherlands]] against France.<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> |
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* 21 April – British troops seize [[Guadeloupe]] but the French regain control on 7 June.<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> |
* 21 April – British troops seize [[Guadeloupe]] but the French regain control on 7 June.<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> |
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* 8 May – [[Robert Burns]]' song ''[[Scots Wha Hae]]'' published in the ''[[Morning Chronicle]]''.<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> |
* 8 May – [[Robert Burns]]' song ''[[Scots Wha Hae]]'' published in the ''[[Morning Chronicle]]''.<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> |
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* 9 May – [[Enlistment Act 1794]] is passed, allowing Frenchmen (and other foreigners) to join the British Army. |
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* 14 May – [[Hambletonian (horse)|Hambletonian]] wins his first race. He will win every subsequent race he finishes in his career. |
* 14 May – [[Hambletonian (horse)|Hambletonian]] wins his first race. He will win every subsequent race he finishes in his career. |
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* 1 June – [[Glorious First of June]]: A British victory over the French in the first major naval battle of the [[French Revolutionary Wars]].<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> |
* 1 June – [[Glorious First of June]]: A British victory over the French in the first major naval battle of the [[French Revolutionary Wars]].<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> The first official naval medals are awarded (selectively) to senior officers involved. |
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* 4 June – British troops capture [[Port-au-Prince]] in [[Haiti]] from the French.<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> |
* 4 June – British troops capture [[Port-au-Prince]] in [[Haiti]] from the French.<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> |
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* 17 June |
* 17 June |
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** The [[Anglo-Corsican Kingdom]] is established. |
** The [[Anglo-Corsican Kingdom]] is established. |
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** [[Battle of Mykonos]]: [[HMS Romney (1762)|HMS ''Romney'']] captures [[French frigate Sibylle ( |
** [[Battle of Mykonos]]: [[HMS Romney (1762)|HMS ''Romney'']] captures [[French frigate Sibylle (1791)|French frigate ''Sibylle'']]. |
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* 12 July – [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]] loses his right eye during |
* 12 July – [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]] loses his right eye during the [[Siege of Calvi]] in [[Corsica]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref> |
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* 23 July – [[Ratcliff#The Ratcliffe Fire|Ratcliffe Fire]] destroys over 400 homes in London. |
* 23 July – [[Ratcliff#The Ratcliffe Fire|Ratcliffe Fire]] destroys over 400 homes in London. |
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* 21 August – British troops capture [[Corsica]] following the bombardment by [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Nelson]].<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> |
* 21 August – British troops capture [[Corsica]] following the bombardment by [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Nelson]].<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> |
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* 29 August – the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] school [[Stonyhurst College]] relocates to England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9069820/Stonyhurst-College|title=Stonyhurst College|work=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite |
* 29 August – the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] school [[Stonyhurst College]], founded in France by [[Robert Persons]] relocates to England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9069820/Stonyhurst-College|title=Stonyhurst College|work=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= Robert Persons |volume= 11 |last= Pollen |first= John Hungerford |short=1}}</ref> |
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* September – [[Popgun plot]]: alleged conspiracy to assassinate [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]] with a poisoned dart.<ref>{{cite book|last=Emsley|first=Clive|authorlink=Clive Emsley|year=2000|chapter=The Pop-Gun Plot, 1794|editor=Davis, Michael T. |
* September – [[Popgun plot]]: alleged conspiracy to assassinate [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]] with a poisoned dart.<ref>{{cite book|last=Emsley|first=Clive|authorlink=Clive Emsley|year=2000|chapter=The Pop-Gun Plot, 1794|editor=Davis, Michael T.|title=Radicalism and Revolution in Britain, 1775–1848: essays in honour of Malcolm I. Thomis|location=Basingstoke|publisher=Macmillan|pages=56–68|isbn=0-333-74309-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=James Parkinson|work=[[Who Named It?|Whonamedit?]]|url=http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/392.html|accessdate=2011-04-09}}</ref> |
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* 28 September – Britain allies with [[Russia]] and [[Austria]] against France.<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> |
* 28 September – Britain allies with [[Russia]] and [[Austria]] against France.<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> |
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* 15 October – [[Catholic]] [[Seminary|seminarians]] forced to leave the [[English College, Douai]], settle at [[Crook Hall]], County Durham. |
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* November – [[1794 Treason Trials]]. |
* November – [[1794 Treason Trials]]. |
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* 19 November – the |
* 19 November – Britain and the United States sign the [[Jay Treaty]] (coming into effect 1796), which attempts to clear up some issues left over from the [[American Revolutionary War]]<ref name="The People's Chronology"/> and secures a decade of peaceful trade between the two nations.<ref>{{cite book|title=Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1909|editor1-first=Benson John|editor1-last=Lossing|editor2-first=Woodrow|editor2-last=Wilson|publisher=Harper & Brothers|year=1910|page=170}}</ref> |
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===Ongoing=== |
===Ongoing=== |
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* [[Ann Radcliffe|Mrs Radcliffe]]'s [[Gothic novel]] ''[[The Mysteries of Udolpho]]'' published. |
* [[Ann Radcliffe|Mrs Radcliffe]]'s [[Gothic novel]] ''[[The Mysteries of Udolpho]]'' published. |
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* [[Uvedale Price, 1st Baronet|Uvedale Price]]'s ''Essay on the Picturesque, As Compared With The Sublime and The Beautiful'' published. |
* [[Uvedale Price, 1st Baronet|Uvedale Price]]'s ''Essay on the Picturesque, As Compared With The Sublime and The Beautiful'' published. |
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* First issue of ''The Gallery of Fashion'' which becomes influential in disseminating developments in women's [[Fashion#Clothing fashions|fashion]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Sarah Jane|last=Downing|title=Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen|location=Oxford|publisher=Shire Publications|year=2010|isbn=978-0-7478-0767-4}}</ref> |
* First issue of ''The [[Gallery of Fashion]]'' which becomes influential in disseminating developments in women's [[Fashion#Clothing fashions|fashion]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Sarah Jane|last=Downing|title=Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen|location=Oxford|publisher=Shire Publications|year=2010|isbn=978-0-7478-0767-4}}</ref> |
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* [[St Mary's College, Oscott|St Mary's College]] is established at [[Old Oscott]], near [[Birmingham]], the first [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[seminary]] in [[England]] since the [[English Reformation|Reformation]]. |
* [[St Mary's College, Oscott|St Mary's College]] is established at [[Old Oscott]], near [[Birmingham]], the first [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[seminary]] in [[England]] since the [[English Reformation|Reformation]]. |
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* The music of the [[Wales|Welsh]] [[March (music)|march]] ''[[Men of Harlech]]'' is first published (without words) as ''Gorhoffedd Gwŷr Harlech—March of the Men of Harlech'' in the second edition of ''The Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fuld|first=James J.|title=The Book of World-famous Music: classical, popular, and folk|publisher=Dover|edition=5th|year=2000|page=394}}</ref> |
* The music of the [[Wales|Welsh]] [[March (music)|march]] ''[[Men of Harlech]]'' is first published (without words) as ''Gorhoffedd Gwŷr Harlech—March of the Men of Harlech'' in the second edition of ''The Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fuld|first=James J.|title=The Book of World-famous Music: classical, popular, and folk|publisher=Dover|edition=5th|year=2000|page=394}}</ref> |
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* 24 May – [[William Whewell]], scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (died [[1866 in the United Kingdom|1866]]) |
* 24 May – [[William Whewell]], scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (died [[1866 in the United Kingdom|1866]]) |
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* 14 July – [[John Gibson Lockhart]], writer and editor (died [[1854 in the United Kingdom|1854]]) |
* 14 July – [[John Gibson Lockhart]], writer and editor (died [[1854 in the United Kingdom|1854]]) |
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* 28 July – [[Charles |
* 28 July – [[Charles Longley]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (died [[1868 in the United Kingdom|1868]]) |
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* 30 August – [[John Rennie the Younger]], civil engineer (died [[1874 in the United Kingdom|1874]]) |
* 30 August – [[John Rennie the Younger]], civil engineer (died [[1874 in the United Kingdom|1874]]) |
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* Unknown date – [[William Forster Lloyd]], economist (died [[1852 in the United Kingdom|1852]]) |
* Unknown date – [[William Forster Lloyd]], economist (died [[1852 in the United Kingdom|1852]]) |
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* 18 April – [[Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden]], Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born [[1714 in Great Britain|1714]]) |
* 18 April – [[Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden]], Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born [[1714 in Great Britain|1714]]) |
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* 27 April – [[William Jones (philologist)|Sir William Jones]], philologist (born [[1746 in Great Britain|1746]]) |
* 27 April – [[William Jones (philologist)|Sir William Jones]], philologist (born [[1746 in Great Britain|1746]]) |
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* 18 May – [[Yemmerrawanne]], Aboriginal Australian (born c. 1775) |
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* 18 June – [[James Murray (Quebec governor)|James Murray]], military officer and administrator (born [[1721 in Great Britain|1721]]) |
* 18 June – [[James Murray (Quebec governor)|James Murray]], military officer and administrator (born [[1721 in Great Britain|1721]]) |
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* 13 July – [[James Lind]], pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy (born [[1716 in Great Britain|1716]]) |
* 13 July – [[James Lind]], pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy (born [[1716 in Great Britain|1716]]) |
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* 6 August – [[Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst]], politician (born [[1714 in Great Britain|1714]]) |
* 6 August – [[Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst]], politician (born [[1714 in Great Britain|1714]]) |
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* 21 October – [[Francis Light]], founder of the British colony of Penang (born [[1740 in Great Britain|1740]]) |
* 21 October – [[Francis Light]], founder of the British colony of Penang (born [[1740 in Great Britain|1740]]) |
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Events from the year 1794 in Great Britain.
Incumbents
- Monarch – George III
- Prime Minister – William Pitt the Younger (Tory)[1]
- Foreign Secretary – Lord Grenville
Events
- 12 March – rebuilt Theatre Royal, Drury Lane opens in London.[2]
- 23 March – British troops capture Martinique from the French.[2]
- 19 April – Britain signs a treaty of alliance with Prussia and the Netherlands against France.[2]
- 21 April – British troops seize Guadeloupe but the French regain control on 7 June.[2]
- 8 May – Robert Burns' song Scots Wha Hae published in the Morning Chronicle.[2]
- 9 May – Enlistment Act 1794 is passed, allowing Frenchmen (and other foreigners) to join the British Army.
- 14 May – Hambletonian wins his first race. He will win every subsequent race he finishes in his career.
- 1 June – Glorious First of June: A British victory over the French in the first major naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars.[2] The first official naval medals are awarded (selectively) to senior officers involved.
- 4 June – British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti from the French.[2]
- 17 June
- The Anglo-Corsican Kingdom is established.
- Battle of Mykonos: HMS Romney captures French frigate Sibylle.
- 12 July – Horatio Nelson loses his right eye during the Siege of Calvi in Corsica.[3]
- 23 July – Ratcliffe Fire destroys over 400 homes in London.
- 21 August – British troops capture Corsica following the bombardment by Nelson.[2]
- 29 August – the Jesuit school Stonyhurst College, founded in France by Robert Persons relocates to England.[4][5]
- September – Popgun plot: alleged conspiracy to assassinate King George III with a poisoned dart.[6][7]
- 28 September – Britain allies with Russia and Austria against France.[2]
- 15 October – Catholic seminarians forced to leave the English College, Douai, settle at Crook Hall, County Durham.
- November – 1794 Treason Trials.
- 19 November – Britain and the United States sign the Jay Treaty (coming into effect 1796), which attempts to clear up some issues left over from the American Revolutionary War[2] and secures a decade of peaceful trade between the two nations.[8]
Ongoing
Undated
- Erasmus Darwin's Zoönomia published, anticipating later theories of evolution.
- Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason published.[2]
- Mrs Radcliffe's Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho published.
- Uvedale Price's Essay on the Picturesque, As Compared With The Sublime and The Beautiful published.
- First issue of The Gallery of Fashion which becomes influential in disseminating developments in women's fashion.[9]
- St Mary's College is established at Old Oscott, near Birmingham, the first Roman Catholic seminary in England since the Reformation.
- The music of the Welsh march Men of Harlech is first published (without words) as Gorhoffedd Gwŷr Harlech—March of the Men of Harlech in the second edition of The Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards.[10]
Births
- 17 May – Anna Brownell Jameson, writer (died 1860)
- 24 May – William Whewell, scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (died 1866)
- 14 July – John Gibson Lockhart, writer and editor (died 1854)
- 28 July – Charles Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1868)
- 30 August – John Rennie the Younger, civil engineer (died 1874)
- Unknown date – William Forster Lloyd, economist (died 1852)
- Approximate date – William Heath, caricaturist (died 1840)
Deaths
- 16 January – Edward Gibbon, historian (born 1737)
- 31 January – Mariot Arbuthnot, admiral (born 1711)
- 18 April – Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1714)
- 27 April – Sir William Jones, philologist (born 1746)
- 18 May – Yemmerrawanne, Aboriginal Australian (born c. 1775)
- 18 June – James Murray, military officer and administrator (born 1721)
- 13 July – James Lind, pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy (born 1716)
- 17 July – John Roebuck, inventor (born 1718)
- 6 August – Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, politician (born 1714)
- 21 October – Francis Light, founder of the British colony of Penang (born 1740)
See also
References
- ^ "History of William Pitt 'The Younger' - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1794". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale. Archived from the original on 2007-08-22. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ "Stonyhurst College". Encyclopædia Britannica.
- ^ Pollen, John Hungerford (1911). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. .
- ^ Emsley, Clive (2000). "The Pop-Gun Plot, 1794". In Davis, Michael T. (ed.). Radicalism and Revolution in Britain, 1775–1848: essays in honour of Malcolm I. Thomis. Basingstoke: Macmillan. pp. 56–68. ISBN 0-333-74309-1.
- ^ "James Parkinson". Whonamedit?. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ Lossing, Benson John; Wilson, Woodrow, eds. (1910). Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1909. Harper & Brothers. p. 170.
- ^ Downing, Sarah Jane (2010). Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen. Oxford: Shire Publications. ISBN 978-0-7478-0767-4.
- ^ Fuld, James J. (2000). The Book of World-famous Music: classical, popular, and folk (5th ed.). Dover. p. 394.