Today in United Kingdom History
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Historical Events
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0308-11-11 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius and Licinius to be Augusti, while rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar of Britain and Gaul.
0355-11-06 - Emperor Constantine II crowns cousin Julianus keizer of Britain
1303-05-20 - Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to British in Hundred Years War
1327-01-25 - King Edward III accedes to British throne
1340-06-24 - In the Hundred Years War, British fleet destroys French at Sluys
1421-03-21 - Battle of Beauge-French beat British
1430-05-23 - Joan of Arc is captured at Compiegne & sold to the British
1537-08-25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
1586-07-28 - The first potato arrives in Britain.
1600-12-31 - British East India Company chartered
1603-07-25 - James VI of Scotland is crowned the first king of Great Britain.
1607-04-26 - 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va
1618-07-16 - Capt John Gilbert patents 1st dredger in Britain
1624-01-28 - Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts.
1632-06-20 - Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area
1639-08-22 - Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1641-08-20 - Britain & Scotland sign Treaty of Pacification
1647-06-04 - British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner
1653-07-04 - British Barebones Parliament goes into session
1658-06-25 - Spanish garrison at Duinkerk surrenders to French & British
1664-03-12 - New Jersey becomes a British colony
1664-07-23 - 4 British ships to drive Dutch out of NY, arrive in Boston
1673-11-09 - British king Charles II fires earl of Shaftesbury
1679-07-12 - Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act
1683-11-01 - The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
1689-02-13 - British Parliament adopts Bill of Rights
1689-04-11 - William III & Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain
1690-01-22 - Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French
1691-02-17 - Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service
1701-01-01 - Great Britain & Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom
1703-11-25 - The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through November 27. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people perish in the mighty gale.
1704-08-13 - French & Bavarian forces were routed by a combined British, German & Dutch army at Blenheim, Germany
1707-04-29 - English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain
1707-05-01 - England, Wales & Scotland form UK of Great Britain
1708-03-11 - Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
1709-02-02 - British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe"
1710-04-10 - The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain.
1710-10-16 - British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia
1712-07-20 - The Riot Act takes effect in Great Britain.
1713-04-11 - Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese & French peace treaty
1713-06-23 - The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.
1718-11-22 - Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
1718-12-17 - Great Britain declares war on Spain.
1721-04-04 - Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.
1733-05-17 - England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum & molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions
1735-09-22 - Robert Walpole is 1st British PM to live at 10 Downing Street
1736-05-26 - Battle of Ackia (La), British & Chickasaw Indians defeat French
1739-10-23 - War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.
1742-02-02 - British Walpole govt resigns
1742-02-09 - British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford
1742-02-16 - Earl of Wilmington becomes British premier
1743-02-14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister.
1743-06-27 - War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen: on the battlefield in Bavaria, George II personally leads troops into battle. The last time that a British monarch would command troops in the field.
1747-05-14 - A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at first battle of Cape Finisterre.
1747-10-25 - British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the second battle of Cape Finisterre.
1749-05-11 - British parliament accept Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization
1752-09-02 - Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies
1753-04-05 - British Museum forms (opens in 1759)
1754-06-19 - Albany Congress held by 7 British colonies & Iroquois indians
1755-06-16 - British capture Fort Beauséjour, expel Acadians
1755-07-09 - Battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British
1756-05-17 - Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French & Indian War)
1756-06-20 - India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army
1756-12-06 - British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India
1757-01-02 - British troops occupy Calcutta India
1758-03-27 - Battle at Emmerich: British army floats around France the Rhine
1758-06-23 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld - British forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
1758-07-26 - British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg
1758-08-08 - British troops occupy & plunder Cherbourg
1758-09-11 - Battle of Saint Cast France repels British invasion during the Seven Year's War.
1758-11-25 - Britain capture Ft Duquesne (Pittsburgh) from French
1758-12-31 - British expeditionary army occupies Goree (Dakar) Senegal
1759-01-15 - British Museum opens in Montague House, London
1759-01-16 - British Museum opens in London
1759-04-08 - British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India
1759-05-01 - British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France
1759-07-25 - British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War)
1759-09-12 - British soldiers capture the town of Quebec.
1759-09-13 - British beat French forces at Plains of Abrahams (Quebec)
1759-09-18 - Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British
1759-09-18 - The British capture Quebec City.
1759-11-20 - -22] Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French
1760-01-22 - Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French
1760-10-25 - George III ascends British throne
1760-10-25 - George III becomes King of Great Britain.
1761-01-16 - The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
1761-06-08 - British fleet occupies Belle Britain
1761-09-08 - Marriage of George III of the United Kingdom to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen Charlotte).
1761-09-22 - Coronation of George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte.
1762-04-05 - British take Grenada, West Indies, from French
1762-12-09 - British parliament accept Treaty of Paris
1763-02-12 - John Casteret appointed British minister of foreign affairs
1763-08-05 - Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run - British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
1763-10-07 - George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north & west of Alleghenies to white settlement
1764-11-16 - Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac
1765-03-22 - Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists
1765-03-24 - Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers
1765-08-14 - Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree)
1765-11-01 - Stamp Act goes into effect in British colonies
1766-03-17 - Britain repeals Stamp Act
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 100 of 2,319
1364-05-20 - Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican
1564-09-24 - William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620)
1605-08-08 - Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)
1605-10-19 - Thomas Browne, British writer (Garden of Cyrus)
1609-08-06 - Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)
1620-10-31 - John Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)
1621-04-25 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (d. 1679)
1638-05-06 - Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)
1653-07-05 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726)
1655-12-28 - Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)
1656-09-14 - Thomas Baker, British antiquarian (d. 1746)
1657-06-10 - James Cragg the Elder, British politician (d. 1721)
1660-03-28 - Georg Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/King George I of Gt Britain
1660-04-16 - Hans Sloane, England, physician/naturalist/founder (British Museum)
1661-04-16 - Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, British poet and statesman (d. 1715)
1661-11-28 - Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (d. 1723)
1663-03-06 - Francis Atterbury, British man of letters (d. 1732)
1663-05-20 - William Bradford, British-born printer (d. 1752)
1665-12-28 - George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)
1666-02-09 - George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (d. 1737)
1674-10-15 - Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)
1676-08-26 - Robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5]
1683-03-01 - Caroline of Ansbach, wife of George II of Great Britain (d. 1737)
1683-03-13 - John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744)
1683-10-25 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (d. 1757)
1683-10-30 - George II [August], King of Great-Britain (1727-60)
1685-06-30 - John Gay, British writer (d. 1732)
1685-07-03 - Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768)
1686-04-09 - James Craggs the Younger, British politician (d. 1721)
1688-06-10 - James III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope
1693-03-24 - John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)
1693-09-03 - Charles Radclyffe, British politician (d. 1746)
1696-06-27 - William Pepperrell, British colonial soldier (d. 1759)
1697-04-23 - George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer
1704-10-29 - John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)
1705-02-21 - Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781)
1706-03-06 - George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)
1710-04-17 - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (d. 1767)
1710-09-30 - John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (d. 1771)
1710-11-27 - Robert Lowth, British bishop (d. 1787)
1711-07-10 - Princess Amelia Sophia of Great Britain (d. 1783)
1711-08-19 - Edward Boscawen, British admiral (d. 1761)
1712-10-14 - George Grenville, British PM (1763-65)
1712-10-21 - Sir James Steuart, British economist (d. 1780)
1713-05-30 - Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1757)
1713-10-07 - Granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)
1714-02-25 - Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet, British admiral (d. 1782)
1715-03-04 - James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, British statesman (d. 1763)
1717-01-05 - William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)
1717-09-24 - Horace Walpole, England, British horror writer (Castle of Otranto)
1718-06-17 - George Howard, British field marshal (d. 1796)
1718-08-11 - Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)
1719-03-04 - George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (d. 1777)
1719-03-13 - John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (d. 1797)
1720-07-18 - Gilbert White, "father of British naturalists",,17660718::"Friedrich Fleischmann, composer
1721-01-21 - James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)
1721-08-31 - George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (d. 1775)
1721-12-06 - James Elphinston, British philologist (d. 1809)
1722-09-16 - Gabriel Christie, British general (d. 1799)
1722-12-30 - Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
1723-02-24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. 1792)
1723-03-05 - Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)
1723-11-08 - John Byron, British naval officer (d. 1786)
1723-12-22 - Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer
1724-02-28 - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (d. 1807)
1724-05-19 - Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)
1724-09-03 - Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (d. 1808)
1724-12-12 - Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral (d. 1816)
1725-03-11 - Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)
1725-04-25 - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (d. 1786)
1725-09-29 - Robert Clive, English explorer/founder (British empire in India)
1725-09-29 - Robert Clive, founder (British empire in India)
1726-03-08 - Richard Howe, British admiral (d. 1799)
1726-06-25 - Thomas Pennant, British naturalist
1727-01-02 - James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec)
1729-01-01 - Edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [NS=Jan 12]
1729-01-12 - Edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1]
1730-05-13 - Marquess of Rockingham, (Whig), British PM (1765-66, 1782)
1730-12-08 - Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799)
1732-04-13 - Frederick North, (C) British PM (1770-82)
1733-01-22 - Philip Carteret, British Naval Officer
1735-01-01 - Paul Revere, silversmith/US patriot (British are coming)
1737-05-02 - William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
1737-05-14 - George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806)
1737-05-20 - William Petty Fitzmaurice, British statesman (d. 1805)
1738-04-14 - Duck of Portland, (C) British PM (1783, 1807-09)
1738-04-14 - William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1809)
1738-04-16 - Henry Clinton, British general (d. 1795)
1738-05-24 - George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820)
1743-09-22 - Quintin Craufurd, British author (d. 1819)
1745-07-13 - Robert Calder, British naval officer (d. 1818)
1746-09-28 - William Jones, London England, British Orientalist/jurist
1750-01-10 - Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor (d. 1823)
1750-05-02 - John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)
1750-09-26 - Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)
1753-03-26 - Benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA)
1753-08-12 - Thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables)
1754-08-21 - Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833)
1757-05-30 - Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth (C), British PM (1801-04)
1758-05-17 - John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839)
Famous Deaths
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0093-08-23 - Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)
1040-03-17 - Harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies
1400-02-15 - Richard II, British King (1377-99), murdered at Pontefract Castle
1450-07-12 - Jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI
1534-04-20 - Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies
1546-03-26 - Thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies
1563-03-12 - John Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies
1605-04-06 - John Stow, British historian, dies
1622-01-23 - William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38
1622-07-01 - William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, British politician (b. 1575)
1649-01-30 - Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), beheaded for treason
1658-09-03 - Oliver Cromwell, British general (1653-58)/Lord Protector, dies at 59
1662-06-14 - Henry Vane the Younger, British Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1613)
1666-06-30 - Alexander Brome, British poet
1668-12-22 - Stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies
1675-04-12 - Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)
1677-05-20 - George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (b. 1612)
1679-10-26 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (b. 1621)
1680-08-24 - Thomas Blood, Irish-born thief of the British crown jewels (b. 1618)
1696-04-30 - Robert Plot, British naturalist (b. 1640)
1696-05-30 - Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1638)
1698-04-29 - Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655)
1706-08-23 - Colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
1710-06-01 - David Mitchell, British admiral (b. 1642)
1714-05-15 - Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar
1716-04-14 - Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, British admiral
1716-10-28 - Stephen Fox, British politician (b. 1627)
1717-03-03 - Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75
1717-05-20 - John Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637)
1717-11-26 - Daniel Purcell, British composer (b. 1664)
1719-11-26 - John Hudson, British classical scholar (b. 1662)
1723-03-31 - Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British-born American statesman (b. 1661)
1726-04-28 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)
1726-07-22 - Hugh Drysdale, British Colonial Governor of Virginia
1727-06-11 - King George I of Great Britain (b. 1660)
1727-07-23 - Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
1729-09-07 - William Burnet, British-born American statesman (b. 1688)
1732-01-12 - John Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685)
1736-03-25 - Nicholas Hawksmoor, British architect
1737-01-29 - George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (b. 1666)
1737-02-14 - Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)
1737-11-20 - Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great-Britain, dies
1738-12-22 - Constantia Jones, British prostitute (executed)
1740-06-06 - Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony
1744-10-18 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, close friend of Queen Anne of Great Britain (b. 1660)
1745-03-29 - Robert Walpole, 1st British premier (1722-42), dies at 68
1746-12-08 - Charles Radclyffe, British politician (b. 1693)
1748-03-14 - George Wade, British military leader (b. 1673)
1748-11-25 - Isaac Watts, British hymnwriter (b. 1674)
1751-12-19 - Louise of Great Britain, wife of Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1724)
1752-05-03 - Samuel Ogle, British provincial Governor of Maryland (b. c. 1692)
1752-07-29 - Peter Warren, British admiral
1753-01-11 - Hans Sloane, English physician (British Museum), dies at 92
1755-07-09 - E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French & Indian War
1755-07-13 - Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh
1756-12-08 - William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat
1757-05-06 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (b. 1683)
1758-07-06 - George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general
1758-10-12 - Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, British field marshal (b. 1680)
1758-11-22 - Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, British politician (b. 1680)
1759-03-11 - John Forbes, British general (b. 1710)
1759-09-13 - James Wolfe, British general (Plains of Abraham), dies in battle at 32
1759-10-10 - Granville Elliott, British military officer (b. 1713)
1760-10-25 - George II (August), king of Great-Britain (1727-60), dies at 76
1761-01-10 - Edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. 1711)
1761-04-09 - William Law, British minister (b. 1686)
1761-11-30 - John Dollond, British optician (b. 1706)
1763-05-03 - George Psalmanazar, British impostor (b. 1679)
1763-08-21 - Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710)
1764-10-02 - William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1764-10-26 - William Hogarth, British painter (b. 1697)
1765-09-02 - Henry Bouquet, Swiss-born British army officer (b. 1719)
1765-11-30 - George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725)
1765-12-03 - Lord John Philip Sackville, British cricketer (b. 1713)
1766-01-01 - Frans E Jacobus III, Old Pretender, king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies
1766-01-01 - James III Edward, Old Pretender/king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies at 77
1766-01-09 - Thomas Birch, British historian (b. 1705)
1767-12-01 - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (b. 1710)
1768-02-01 - Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685)
1770-01-20 - Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)
1770-07-27 - Robert Dinwiddie, British colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
1770-10-18 - John Manners, Marquess of Granby, British soldier (b. 1721)
1770-11-13 - George Grenville, British premier (1763-65)/Stamp Act, dies at 58
1771-01-05 - John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (b. 1710)
1774-07-14 - James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley and Kilmaine, British field marshal (b. 1682)
1775-06-17 - Major John Pitcairn, British marine (killed in battle) (b. 1722)
1775-11-21 - John Hill, British writer
1775-12-07 - Charles Saunders, British admiral
1775-12-31 - Richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British
1776-06-27 - Thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed
1776-09-22 - Nathan Hale, US captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21
1776-11-17 - James Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710)
1777-05-11 - George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)
1778-08-12 - Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714)
1779-12-23 - Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (b. 1724)
1780-05-18 - Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland
1780-09-23 - John Andre, hanged as a British spy at 29
1780-10-02 - John Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold)
1780-11-26 - James Denham Steuart, 4th Baronet, British economist (b. 1712)
1781-04-23 - James Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706)
