- 1793 in Great Britain
Events from the year
1793 in theKingdom of Great Britain .Incumbents
*Monarch -
George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister -William Pitt the Younger ,Tory Events
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1 February -French Revolutionary Wars :France declares war on Britain, theNetherlands andSpain ."1793." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 4 Jun, 2007]
*15 April - TheBank of England issues the first £5 note.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
*23 August - TheBoard of Agriculture founded.
*18 September –18 December - French Revolutionary Wars:Siege of Toulon . Admiral Hood's squadron ofRoyal Navy ships forced to withdraw fromToulon after a successful siege by Napoleon.Undated
* The
Macartney Embassy , a diplomatic mission toChina , is rebuffed byQianlong Emperor .
*Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson meetsEmma, Lady Hamilton inNaples .
* Lansdown Crescent built in Bath.
* ExplorerAlexander MacKenzie becomes the first European to crossNorth America .cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=343–345]
* British troops invade the island ofSaint-Domingue (nowHaiti ) to suppress a slave rebellion but are forced to withdraw by disease and the army ofToussaint Louverture . [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml|title=BBC History British History Timeline|accessdate=2007-09-04]Births
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3 March -William Charles Macready , actor (died 1873)
*6 March -William Dick , Founder of Edinburgh Veterinary College (died 1866)
*25 September -Felicia Hemans , poet (died 1835)Deaths
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5 January -John Howie , biographer (born 1735)
*1 February -William Wildman Shute Barrington , statesman (born 1717)
*2 February -William Aiton , botanist (born 1731)
*20 March -William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield , judge and politician (born 1705)
*26 March -John Mudge , physician and inventor (born 1721)
*29 April -John Michell , scientist (born 1724)
*11 June - William Robertson, historian (born 1721)
*26 June -Gilbert White , ornithologist (born 1720)
*7 October -Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire , politician (born 1718)
*16 October - John Hunter, surgeon (born 1728)References
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