year 1779inGreatBritain. Monarch – George III Prime Minister – Frederick North, Lord North (Tory) 9 January – First Anglo-Maratha War: British troops...
This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of GreatBritain for the year 1779. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament...
Prince Octavius of GreatBritain (23 February 1779 – 3 May 1783) was the thirteenth child and eighth son of King George III and his queen consort, Charlotte...
involving the United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland and its predecessor states (the Kingdom of GreatBritain, Kingdom of England, Kingdom...
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1779 to Wales and its people. Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet...
Americans in February 1778 and additionally signed a secret treaty with Spain on 12 April 1779, which brought Spain into the war against GreatBritain. Fearful...
of Flamborough Head was a naval battle that took place on 23 September 1779in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire between a combined Franco-American...
The flag of GreatBritain, often referred to as the King's Colour, first Union Flag, Union Jack, and British flag, was used at sea from 1606 and more generally...
Colonies—the British base at Gibraltar was Spain's primary war aim. The vulnerable Gibraltar garrison under George Augustus Eliott was blockaded from June 1779 to...
start of 1779, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. January 11 British troops surrender...
The Kingdom of GreatBritain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and...
Iconology is published. Scotland portal Timeline of Scottish history 1779inGreatBritain Morrice, Philip (1983). The Schweppes Guide To Scotch. Sherborne...
Fellows of the Royal Society elected in1779. Robert Bromfield (d. 1786) George Buxton (1730–1805), physicist Tiberius Cavallo (1745–1809), Italian physicist...
their common enemy, GreatBritain. As the newly appointed Chief Minister of King Charles III of Spain, the Count of Floridablanca wrote in March 1777, "the...
Parliament of GreatBritain from 1778 List of acts of the Parliament of GreatBritain from 1779 List of acts of the Parliament of GreatBritain from 1780...
August; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of GreatBritain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector...
of GreatBritain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of GreatBritain and...
United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland is a royal title normally granted to sons and grandsons of reigning and past British monarchs, together...
Bylandt was a brief naval engagement off the Isle of Wight on 31 December 1779 between a Royal Navy squadron, commanded by Commodore Charles Fielding, and...
1820) was King of GreatBritain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified GreatBritain and Ireland into...
Louis; German: Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was King of GreatBritain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover...
The Parliament of GreatBritain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament...
Events from the year 1739 inGreatBritain. Monarch – George II Prime Minister – Robert Walpole (Whig) 14 January – Britain and Spain sign the Convention...
Here follows a list of children and legitimate grandchildren and great-grandchildren of George III, King of the United Kingdom and his wife, Charlotte...
Events from the year 1728 inGreatBritain. Monarch – George II Prime Minister – Robert Walpole (Whig) 10 January – The Provoked Husband a comedy based...