1796 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1796 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

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

Events

* 1 February - Protests over the price of bread culminate in Queen Charlotte being hit by a stone as she and King George return from a trip to the theatre.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 235|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 16 February - Britain takes control of Ceylon from the Dutch.
* 14 May - Edward Jenner successfully administers the smallpox vaccine to James Phipps.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 21 June - Explorer Mungo Park becomes the first European to reach the Niger River.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=346]
* 5 October - Spain declares war on Britain.

Births

* 25 January - William MacGillivray, naturalist and ornithologist (died 1852)
* 17 February - Frederick William Beechey, explorer (died 1856)
* 27 June - George Vincent, painter (died 1831)
* 13 September - James Finlay Weir Johnston, chemist (died 1855)
* 14 September - Woodbine Parish, diplomat (died 1882)
* 22 August - Baden Powell, mathematician (died 1860)
* 17 October - James Matheson, Member of Parliament (died 1878)

Unknown dates

* Pablo Fanque, circus proprietor (died 1871)
* Henry Foster, scientist (died 1831)
* William Marsden, surgeon (died 1867)

Deaths

* 12 February - John Hamilton, Member of Parliament (born 1715)
* 27 May - Lord Charles Townshend, Member of Parliament (born 1769)
* 16 July - George Howard, Army officer and politician (born 1718)
* 21 July - Robert Burns, national poet of Scotland (born 1759)
* 1 August - Robert Pigot, Army officer and Member of Parliament (born 1720)
* 6 August - David Allan, painter (born 1744)
* 1 September - David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield, politician (born 1727)
* October - Thomas Christie, writer (born 1761)
* 12 December - William Wilson, Member of Parliament (born 1720)

References

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