- 1798 in Great Britain
Events from the year
1798 in theKingdom of Great Britain .Incumbents
*Monarch -
George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister -William Pitt the Younger ,Tory Events
* May–September -
Irish Rebellion of 1798 : Irish rebels stage an uprising against British dominance."1798." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 5 Jun, 2007]
*1 August -French Revolutionary Wars : Admiral Nelson's fleet destroys the French fleet at theBattle of the Nile .cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=347–348]
*22 August - French invasion force lands atKillala in Ireland, capturing the town.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 236-237|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*8 September - French invasion force surrenders atBallinamuck .
*10 September -Battle of St. George's Caye : British settlers win a victory over Spanish settlers in what was to become the colony ofBritish Honduras .
*4 December - Prime MinisterWilliam Pitt the Younger introduces income tax.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]Publications
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge andWilliam Wordsworth 's anonymous work "Lyrical Ballads ".
*Thomas Malthus ' anonymous work "An Essay on the Principle of Population ".
*Edward Jenner 's work onvaccination — "An Inquiry Into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ". [cite book |title= The Hutchinson Factfinder |publisher= Helicon |year= 1999 |isbn= 1-85986-000-1 ]Births
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28 April - Duncan Forbes, linguist (died 1868)
*12 June -William Abbot , actor (died 1843)
*28 December -Thomas James Henderson , astronomer (died 1844)Deaths
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12 May -George Vancouver , explorer (b. 1757)
*19 May -William Byron, 5th Baron Byron , dueler (b. 1722)
*25 June -Thomas Sandby , cartographer and architect (b. 1721)References
ee also
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