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{{Short description|Great Britain-related events during the year of 1794}}
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Events from the year '''[[1794]] in [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]'''.
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Events from the year '''1794 in the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]]'''.


==Incumbents==
==Incumbents==
*'''Monarch''' – [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]]
* [[List of British monarchs|Monarch]] – [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]]
* [[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>
*'''Prime Minister''' – [[William Pitt the Younger]] ([[Tory]])
* [[Foreign Secretary]] – [[William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville|Lord Grenville]]
* [[Parliament of Great Britain|Parliament]] – 17th


==Events==
==Events==
* 12 March – rebuilt [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]] opens in [[London]].<ref name="The People's Chronology"/>
* 12 March – rebuilt [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]] opens in London.<ref name="The People's Chronology"/>
* 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>
* 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"/>
* 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"/>
* 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"/>
* 9 May – [[Enlistment Act 1794]] is passed, allowing Frenchmen (and other foreigners) to join the British Army.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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"/>
* 17 June
* 17 June
** The [[Anglo-Corsican Kingdom]] is established.
** The [[Anglo-Corsican Kingdom]] is established.
** [[Battle of Mykonos]]: [[HMS Romney (1762)|HMS ''Romney'']] captures [[French frigate Sibylle (1792)|French frigate ''Sibylle'']].
** [[Battle of Mykonos]]: [[HMS Romney (1762)|HMS ''Romney'']] captures [[French frigate Sibylle (1791)|French frigate ''Sibylle'']].
* 12 July – [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]] loses his right eye during a military operation 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>
* 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>
* 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.
* 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"/>
* 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 web|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_%281913%29/Robert_Persons?oldid=404094|title=Robert Parsons|work=[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]|year=1913|accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref>
* 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>
* 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. (ed)|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>
* 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>
* 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"/>
* 15 October – [[Catholic]] [[Seminary|seminarians]] forced to leave the [[English College, Douai]], settle at [[Crook Hall]], County Durham.
* November – [[1794 Treason Trials]].
* November – [[1794 Treason Trials]].
* 19 November – the [[United States]] and Britain sign [[Jay's Treaty]], which attempts to clear up some issues left over from the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref name="The People's Chronology"/>
* 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>


===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.
* [[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.
* 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>
* [[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]].
* The music of the [[Wales|Welsh]] [[March (music)|march]] ''[[Men of Harlech]]'' is first published (without words) as ''Gorhoffedd Gwŷr Harlech&mdash;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&mdash;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]])
* 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]])
* 28 July – [[Charles Thomas Longley]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (died [[1868 in the United Kingdom|1868]])
* 28 July – [[Charles Longley]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (died [[1868 in the United Kingdom|1868]])
* 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]])
* 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]])
* 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]])
* 18 May – [[Yemmerrawanne]], Aboriginal Australian (born c. 1775)
* 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]])
* 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]])
* 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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==See also==
*[[1794 in Wales]]


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 23:53, 29 February 2024

1794 in Great Britain:
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Events from the year 1794 in Great Britain.

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See also

References

  1. ^ "History of William Pitt 'The Younger' - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  4. ^ "Stonyhurst College". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  5. ^ Pollen, John Hungerford (1911). "Robert Persons" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "James Parkinson". Whonamedit?. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
  8. ^ Lossing, Benson John; Wilson, Woodrow, eds. (1910). Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1909. Harper & Brothers. p. 170.
  9. ^ Downing, Sarah Jane (2010). Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen. Oxford: Shire Publications. ISBN 978-0-7478-0767-4.
  10. ^ Fuld, James J. (2000). The Book of World-famous Music: classical, popular, and folk (5th ed.). Dover. p. 394.
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