1790 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1790 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Events
- 30 January - The first boat specialised as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne. [1]
- 23 June - Alleged London Monster arrested in London: he later receives two years for three assaults.
- 1 November - Edmund Burke publishes one of his chief works Reflections on the Revolution in France.[2]
- William Pitt the Younger refuses to recognise Belgian independence.
[edit] Births
- 2 February - William Elford Leach, zoologist and marine biologist (d. 1836)
- 6 September - John Green Crosse, surgeon (d. 1850)
- 21 November - Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, admiral (d. 1858)
- 19 December - William Edward Parry, Arctic explorer (d. 1855)
[edit] Deaths
- 15 January - John Landen, mathematician (b. 1719)
- 5 February - William Cullen, physician and chemist (b. 1710)
- 16 May - Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, politician (b. 1720)
- 21 May - Thomas Warton, poet (b. 1728)
- 17 July - Adam Smith, economist and philosopher (b. 1723)
[edit] References
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ (1999) The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
