1770 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1770 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Incumbents
- Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Whig (to 28 January), Frederick North, Lord North, Tory
Events
- 17 January - American Revolution: British troops clash with American colonists at the Battle of Golden Hill.[1]
- 28 January - Following Grafton's resignation, Lord North forms a government and becomes Prime Minister.[2]
- 5 March - Boston Massacre: five Americans killed by British troops in an event that would help start the American Revolutionary War five years later.[3]
- 12 April - American Revolution: Parliament repeals the Townshend Act.[1]
- 20 April - First voyage of James Cook discovers the eastern coast of Australia.[3]
- 9 June - Spanish troops seize Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands triggering a crisis.[4]
- 10 June - James Cook discovers the Great Barrier Reef when HM Bark Endeavour runs onto it.[3]
- July - Industrial Revolution: James Hargreaves obtains a patent for the spinning jenny.[5]
- 22 August - James Cook claims the eastern coast of New Holland (Australia) for Great Britain.
Undated
- The chemist Joseph Priestley, recommends the use of a rubber to remove pencil marks.
- The London Evening Post becomes the first newspaper to publish parliamentary reports.[1]
Publications
- Edmund Burke publishes Thoughts on the Present Discontents.
- Oliver Goldsmith's poem The Deserted Village.[1]
Births
- 25 January
- Francis Burdett, politician (died 1844)
- James Hogg, poet and novelist (died 1835)
- 2 February - George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon, nobleman, soldier and politician (died 1836)
- 11 March - William Huskisson, Member of Parliament (died 1830)
- 7 April - William Wordsworth, poet (died 1850)
- 11 April - George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1827)
- 30 April - David Thompson, British-Canadian explorer (died 1857)
- 7 June - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1828)
- 13 December - John Clarke Whitfield, organist and composer (died 1836)
Deaths
- 20 January - Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1722)
- 23 June - Mark Akenside, poet and physician (born 1721)
- July 27 - Robert Dinwiddie, British colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1693)
- 24 August - Thomas Chatterton, poet (suicide) (born 1752)
- 30 September - Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, politician and diplomat (born c. 1695)
- 30 September - George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (born 1714)
- 18 October - John Manners, Marquess of Granby, soldier (born 1721)
- 9 November - John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, politician (born c. 1693)
- 13 November - George Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1712)
References
- ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 325–326. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ "Downing Street website, PMs in history". http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page165.asp. Retrieved on 2007-08-19.
- ^ a b c Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ "Nationalism and the Falkland Islands War". http://www.mindspring.com/~koz/papers/FalklandPaper.html. Retrieved on 2007-08-19.
- ^ "James Hargreaves, Cotton Town". http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?LANGUAGE=eng&pageID=506. Retrieved on 2007-08-19.
See also
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