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Great Britain-related events during the year of 1782
Events from the year 1782 in Great Britain . The
American Revolutionary War draws to a close.
Incumbents
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
Events
12 April:
Battle of the Saintes .
23 January – planned town of
Johnstone ,
Scotland , inaugurated.
25–26 January:
American Revolutionary War –
Battle of St. Kitts between
French and British fleets.
5 February –
Spanish defeat British forces and capture
Menorca .
[2]
17 February – American Revolutionary War:
Battle of Sadras between French and British fleets.
19 March – following a
vote of no confidence against the government of Lord North ,
North resigns as Prime Minister because of recent setbacks in the American Revolutionary War.
[3]
27 March –
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham , becomes
Prime Minister
[4] for the second time. His new
Whig administration opens peace talks with the
Americans , with
Thomas Grenville being sent to
Paris to negotiate with
Benjamin Franklin .
[2]
1 April – Rockingham appoints the first
Home Secretary (
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ) and
Foreign Secretary (
Charles James Fox ).
[3]
12 April – American Revolutionary War: a British fleet under
Admiral
Sir
George Rodney defeats a
French fleet under the
Comte de Grasse in the
West Indies at the
Battle of the Saintes .
[5]
12 April – American Revolutionary War:
Battle of Providien .
17 May
25 May – 12 June: American Revolutionary War –
Crawford expedition .
4 July –
Shelburne becomes Prime Minister following the death of Rockingham.
[7]
6 July – American Revolutionary War:
Battle of Negapatam between British and French fleets.
19 August – American Revolutionary War:
Battle of Blue Licks .
24 August – David Tyrie, a naval clerk who has traitorously corresponded with the French, becomes the last man in Britain to be
hanged, drawn and quartered , on
Southsea Common .
[8]
29 August –
HMS Royal George capsizes at
Spithead with the loss of 800 lives.
September –
Nottingham General Hospital opens to patients.
[9]
3 September – American Revolutionary War:
Battle of Trincomalee between French and British fleets.
17 September –
1782 Central Atlantic hurricane devastates a
Royal Navy fleet off the
Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of 3,500 lives.
10 October –
Sarah Siddons makes a triumphant return to the
Drury Lane Theatre in
London in the title role of
Garrick 's adaptation of
Thomas Southerne 's
Isabella, or, The Fatal Marriage .
20 October – American Revolutionary War:
Battle of Cape Spartel .
30 November – American Revolutionary War: In
Paris , representatives from the
United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalised in the
Treaty of Paris ).
[2]
12 December – American Revolutionary War:
Action of 12 December 1782 – a naval engagement off
Ferrol, Spain , in which the British 40-gun
fifth rate
HMS Mediator (1782) commanded by
James Luttrell successfully attacks a convoy of French and American ships attempting to supply the United States.
Ongoing events
Undated
Publications
Births
Deaths
18 January –
John Pringle , physician (born 1707)
27 April –
William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot , politician (born 1710)
20 May –
William Emerson , mathematician (born 1701)
May –
Richard Wilson , painter (born 1714)
14 June –
Edward Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier soldier and courtier (born 1740)
1 July –
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ,
Prime Minister (born 1730)
[11]
27 December –
Henry Home, Lord Kames , advocate and philosopher (born 1697)
See also
References
^ Bryant, Chris (14 August 2014).
Parliament: The Biography (Volume II - Reform) . Transworld. p. 347.
ISBN
978-1-4481-7107-1 .
^
a
b
c
d
e Williams, Hywel (2005).
Cassell's Chronology of World History . London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp.
334–335 .
ISBN
0-304-35730-8 .
^
a
b Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History . London: Century Ltd. pp. 228–230.
ISBN
0-7126-5616-2 .
^
"PMs in history, Marquess of Rockingham. 10 Downing Street website" . Archived from
the original on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007 .
^ Penguin Pocket On This Day . Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN
0-14-102715-0 .
^ Costin, W. C.; Watson, J. Steven, eds. (1952). The Law and Working of the Constitution: Documents 1660–1914 . Vol. I (1660–1783). London: A. & C. Black. p. 147.
^
"PMs in history, Earl of Shelburne. 10 Downing Street website" . Archived from
the original on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007 .
^
"1782: David Tyrie, the last hanged, drawn, and quartered" . ExecutedToday . 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2016 .
^ Bittiner, John Bruce; Lowe, David (1990).
Nottingham General Hospital - Personal Reflections (PDF) . Nottingham: Special Trustees for Nottingham University Hospitals. p. 8.
^
1782 Poor Relief Act
Archived 4 June 2011 at the
Wayback Machine .
^
"History of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham - GOV.UK" . www.gov.uk . Retrieved 1 July 2023 .