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George III

King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820 (1738–1820)

77 dated entries naming George III, drawn from 41 separate years between 1738 CE and 1896 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as George III of Great Britain, George III of the United Kingdom, King George III, King George III of Great Britain in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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18th century

  • 1738June 4 – King George III of the United Kingdom (died 1820)source
  • 17384 June – Prince George, eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1820)source
  • 1744May 19 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of George III (died 1818)source
  • 1751March 31 – Frederick, Prince of Wales, heir-apparent to the British throne, dies of a pulmonary embolism at the age of 44 after a game of cricket. His 12-year-old son, Prince George, becomes the heir-apparent and will later become King George III. Frederick's widow Augusta of Saxe-Gotha becomes Dowager Princess of Wales.source
  • 175131 March – Frederick, Prince of Wales dies at Leicester House, London from a lung injury and is succeeded by his son the future George III of the United Kingdom as heir apparent to the throne; three weeks later George is made Prince of Wales. George's mother, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, becomes Dowager Princess of Wales.source
  • 175120 April – George, eldest son of the late Frederick, Prince of Wales, is made Prince of Wales.source
  • 1759The Kew Gardens are established in England by Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, the mother of George III.source
  • 176025 October – George III becomes King of Great Britain and Ireland upon the death of George II.source
  • 176025 October – George III ascends to the throne following the death of his grandfather George II. He will reign until 29 January 1820. He surrenders the income from the Crown Estate to the government in exchange for a civil list contribution to maintaining the Royal Household.source
  • 176025 October – The Prince of Wales succeeds his grandfather, King George II, on the throne of Great Britain, as King George III.source
  • 1761Robert Adam and Sir William Chambers are jointly appointed Architect of the King's Works to King George III of Great Britain.source
  • 1761Tuesday October 6 – King George III offers Pitt the governorship of Canada, with £5,000 per annum, but, instead, makes Pitt's wife, Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham, a peeress; and £13,000 per annum is granted to the survivor of three of his family.source
  • 1761September 8 – George III marries Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.source
  • 176122 September – coronation of King George III and Queen Charlotte at Westminster Abbey.source
  • 1762The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates Kingston, named for King George III, as the county seat of Dobbs County, North Carolina. The name is later shortened to Kinston in 1784.source
  • 1762February – Roman Catholic nobility and gentry offer support to King George III in the Seven Years' War in the Iberian Peninsula.source
  • 1763Proclamation by King George III bans settlements west of the Appalachians and establishes a protected Indian Country there. White settlers ignore the boundary line – Indian raids in Pennsylvania lead to the Paxton Riots – Peaceful Conestoga Mission Indians are massacred by settlers.source
  • 1763February 1 – The colonial authorities in the Province of North Carolina establish Mecklenburg County from the western portion of Anson County. The county is named for Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who married George III in 1761.source
  • 1763October 7 – The Royal Proclamation of 1763 is issued by George III of Great Britain, restricting the westward expansion of British North America, and stabilizing relations with the indigenous peoples of the Americas, by barring white settlement of lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.source
  • 17637 October – Royal Proclamation of 1763 is made by George III, regulating westward expansion of British North America and stabilizing relations with indigenous peoples of the Americas.source
  • 176419 January – John Wilkes is expelled from the House of Commons for seditious libel for his article criticising King George III in The North Briton; he is in exile in France.source
  • 1765January–April – George III suffers a malady, perhaps a first manifestation of bipolar disorder.source
  • 176512 July – George Grenville is dismissed as Prime Minister by King George III.source
  • 1765July 13 – Qianlong, the Emperor of China issues a decree that copper engravings be made to depict all of his victories in battle. In the interest of amity with the Chinese, King George III of Great Britain gives priority to the sale of British copper, and King Louis XV of France assents to the use of French artisans.source
  • 1766June 4 – On the occasion of the 28th birthday of King George III, members of the Sons of Liberty in Manhattan erect a liberty pole as a protest for the first time. The historic symbol, a tall "wooden pole with a Phrygian cap" is placed "on the Fields somewhere between Broadway and Park Row". British soldiers cut down the pole in August.source
  • 176630 July – Marquess of Rockingham dismissed as Prime Minister by King George III and is succeeded by William Pitt the Elder.source
  • 1768May 10 – Massacre of St George's Fields: John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton, severely criticising King George III. This action provokes protesters to riot; in the Southwark district of London, troops fire on the mob, killing seven.source
  • 176810 May – John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticising King George III. This action provokes protesters to riot; in Southwark, troops fire on the mob, killing seven, the Massacre of St George's Fields.source
  • 1769June 3 – A transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in historical times. The transit is viewed by King George III of Great Britain, at the Kew Observatory.source
  • 1769December 13 – Dartmouth College is established in Hanover, New Hampshire, as John Wentworth, the Royal Governor, conveys a charter from King George III of Great Britain.source
  • 1773June 10 – The Regulating Act is given royal assent by King George III, creating the office of Governor General, with an advising council, to exercise political authority over the territory under British East India Company rule in India.source
  • 1774November 30 – Parliament adjourns in Great Britain, but declines to authorize any action against the rebellious American colonies, despite an address the day before by King George III and Prime Minister North.source
  • 1775May 1 – A bust of George III is found, in Montreal, adorned with beads, cross, and mitre, with the words "Pope of Canada: Sot of England." A reward of 500 guineas does not lead to apprehension of the culprit.source
  • 17755 July – American Revolution: the Continental Congress sends the Olive Branch Petition to King George III, hoping for a reconciliation.source
  • 1775October – The Sayre Plotters attempt to kidnap George III of the United Kingdom.source
  • 1775October 26 – American Revolution: George III announces to Parliament that the American colonies are in an uprising and must be dealt with accordingly.source
  • 1776May 4 – Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III of Great Britain.source
  • 1776July 9 – American Revolution – An angry mob in New York City topples and beheads the equestrian statue of George III of Great Britain in Bowling Green; much of its metal content will be used to make musket balls.source
  • 1776July 9 – American Revolution: An angry mob in New York City topples and beheads the equestrian statue of George III in Bowling Green; much of its metal content will be used to make musket balls.source
  • 1776October 31 – In his first speech before British Parliament since the Declaration of Independence that summer, King George III acknowledges that all is not going well for Britain in the war with the United States.source
  • 1778Blind harpist John Parry and his son David play Handel's choruses on two Welsh harps at the court of King George III of Great Britain.source
  • 1781March 13 – Sir William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus. Originally he calls it Georgium Sidus (George's Star), in honour of King George III.source
  • 178113 March – Sir William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus. Originally he calls it Georgium Sidus (George's Star) in honour of King George III.source
  • 178317 March – Installation dinner for the founding of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick by King George III of the United Kingdom takes place in Dublin Castle.source
  • 178317 December – George III dismisses the Fox-North Coalition. It is succeeded by a government formed by William Pitt the Younger.source
  • 1783December 23 – General George Washington resigns his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army to the Congress of the Confederation in the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland, and retires to his home at Mount Vernon. Washington's resignation, described by historian Thomas Fleming as "the most important moment in American history," affirms the United States' commitment to the principle of civilian control of the military, and prompts King George III to call Washington "the greatest character of the age."source
  • 1784The North Carolina General Assembly changes the name of Kingston, North Carolina, originally named for King George III of Great Britain, to Kinston.source
  • 1786October 12 – King George III of the United Kingdom appoints Captain Arthur Phillip as the first Governor of New Holland, which comprises the area of modern Australia from the 135th meridian east to the east coast and all adjacent islands in the Pacific Ocean.source
  • 1787Caroline Herschel is granted an annual salary of £50, by King George III of Great Britain, for acting as assistant to her brother William in astronomy.source
  • 17871 January – George III writes his first letter to Arthur Young's Annals of Agriculture, under the name of Ralph Robinson of Windsor.source
  • 1788Late October – a period of a mental instability for the King, George III, begins the Regency Crisis of 1788 only averted by his sudden recovery the following February.source
  • 1788October – King George III of the United Kingdom becomes deranged; the Regency Crisis of 1788 starts.source
  • 17893 February – Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces a Regency Bill to Parliament so that the Prince of Wales may serve as regent for his father George III during a period of mental illness, but the King recovers before the Bill becomes law.source
  • 1790October 7 – Commissioners appointed by the New York legislature announce the successful conclusion of negotiations between New York and Vermont, concerning disputed real-estate claims, and the consent of New York's legislature to the admission to the Union of the state of Vermont as the 14th State (which was formed within what New York claimed as its territory, under an Order in Council, that King George III issued on July 20, 1764).source
  • 1793January – delegates of the Catholic Convention, including Wolfe Tone and Christopher Dillon Bellew, present a petition in favour of Catholic emancipation to King George III and the Home Secretary, Henry Dundas, in person and are favourably received.source
  • 1794January 21 – King George III of Great Britain delivers the speech opening Parliament and recommends a continuation of Britain's war with France.source
  • 17961 February – protests over the price of bread culminate in Queen Charlotte being hit by a stone as she and King George return from a trip to the theatre.source

19th century

  • 1803February 21 – Edward Despard and six others are hanged and beheaded for plotting to assassinate King George III, and to destroy the Bank of England.source
  • 180627 April – The Ferret arrives in London with Te Mahanga (Moehanga) aboard. He is the first Māori known to have visited England. In London he is rejoined by John Savage who left the ship at Cork. While in London Te Mahanga meets King George III and Queen Charlotte.source
  • 1809July – Ruatara arrives in London on the Santa Anna. He is not allowed to see King George as he had hoped. 15 days later the captain of the Santa Anna puts him on board the convict ship Ann which is heading to Port Jackson.source
  • 1809October 25 – The Golden Jubilee of George III is celebrated in commemoration of the forty-ninth anniversary of the accession of King George III and his entrance into the 50th year of his reign.source
  • 1810October – King George III of the United Kingdom is deemed permanently insane.source
  • 1810October – King George III recognised as insane.source
  • 1811February 5 – British Regency: George, Prince of Wales becomes prince regent, because of the perceived insanity of his father, King George III of the United Kingdom.source
  • 18144 February – The Governors Court is established by Letters Patent dated 4 February 1814 issued by King George III. The court had jurisdiction over civil claims in New South Wales.source
  • 1815Regius Professorships at the University of Glasgow in Midwifery and Surgery are established by King George III.source
  • 1817The post of Regius Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow is established by King George III.source
  • 1818The post of Regius Professor of Botany, Glasgow, is established by King George III, Robert Graham, MD, being the first holder; Thomas Thomson takes up his appointment as first Regius Professor of Chemistry here.source
  • 1818June 11 – Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, third oldest son of King George III and the future King William IV of the United Kingdom, marries Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.source
  • 1818November 17 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of George III of the United Kingdom (born 1744)source
  • 181817 November – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of George III of the United Kingdom (born 1744)source
  • 1819July 24 – A cabinet meeting is convened by British Prime Minister Lord Liverpool to discuss a report of an adulterous affair involving the wife of George, Prince of Wales, the regent for his ailing father King George III. Despite reports that Princess Caroline is involved with her servant, Bartolomeo Pergami, the cabinet concludes that the trial of Caroline for adultery would be an embarrassment to the nation.source
  • 1820January 29 – King George IV becomes the new British monarch upon the death his father George III after 59+ years on the throne. The elder George's death ends the 9-year period known as the British Regency.source
  • 182029 January – The Prince of Wales becomes King George IV of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, King George III.source
  • 1820January 29 – King George III of the United Kingdom (born 1738)source
  • 182028 October – Governor Macquarie names Lake George after King George III.source
  • 1896September 22 – Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest-reigning monarch in British history up to this time.source

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