1789 in Great Britain

1789 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1789 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory

Events

* 3 February - Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces a Regency Bill to Parliament so that the Prince of Wales may act as regent for his father George III during a period of mental illness, but the King recovers before the Bill becomes law.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=340–341]
* 28 April - Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on HMS "Bounty" against Captain William Bligh.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 14 June - "Bounty" mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 4,000 mile journey in an open boat.
* 28 August - William Herschel discovers Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.Herschel, Account of the Discovery of a Sixth and Seventh Satellite of the Planet Saturn; with Remarks on the Construction of its Ring, its Atmosphere, its Rotation on an Axis, and its spheroidical Figure, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 80, pp. 1-20, 1790 (read November 12, 1789)]
* 17 September - William Herschel discovers Mimas, another of Saturn's moons.
* 19 November - Thames-Severn Canal opened.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 230-231|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]

Undated

* Andrew Pears introduces Pears soap in London.

Publications

* William Blake's book of poetry "Songs of Innocence and of Experience".
* Former slave Olaudah Equiano's autobiography "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" — one of the earliest published works by a black writer. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml|title=BBC History British History Timeline|accessdate=2007-09-03]

Births

* 5 January - Thomas Pringle, poet (died 1834)
* 19 July - John Martin, painter (died 1854)

Deaths

*1 January - Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, politician (born 1716)
*8 January - Jack Broughton, English boxer (born 1703)
*23 January - Frances Brooke, writer (born 1724)
*23 January - John Cleland, novelist (born 1709)

References

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