1782 in Great Britain
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] 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) ISBN 978-1-4481-7107-1 ^ a b c d e Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History 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 .
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