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William Pitt the Younger

British statesman (1759–1806)

23 dated entries naming William Pitt the Younger, drawn from 12 separate years between 1759 CE and 1806 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.

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18th century

  • 1759May 28 – William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1806)source
  • 175928 May – William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister (died 1806)source
  • 1781January – William Pitt the Younger, later Prime Minister of Great Britain, enters Parliament, aged 21.source
  • 1781January – William Pitt the Younger, later Prime Minister, enters Parliament, aged 21.source
  • 178317 December – George III dismisses the Fox-North Coalition. It is succeeded by a government formed by William Pitt the Younger.source
  • 1783December 19 – William Pitt the Younger becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.source
  • 1785William Pitt the Younger introduces a Reform Bill to Parliament to abolish the rotten boroughs, but it is defeated.source
  • 1785The Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with the support of William Pitt, successfully steers a liberal trade measure through the Parliament of Ireland, initially against the opposition of Henry Grattan and Henry Flood. However the Foxite opposition in the House of Commons of Great Britain so emasculates the measure with amendments that it is rejected in its new form in Ireland.source
  • 1787January 6 – The North Carolina General Assembly authorizes nine commissioners to purchase 100 acres of land for the county seat of Chatham County. The town is named Pittsborough (later shortened to Pittsboro) for William Pitt the Younger.source
  • 1787January 9 – The North Carolina General Assembly authorizes nine commissioners to purchase 100 acres of land for the seat of Chatham County. The town is named Pittsborough (later shortened to Pittsboro), for William Pitt the Younger.source
  • 1788May – the Prime Minister moves for an investigation by the House of Commons into the slave trade to begin; it will be led by Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce.source
  • 1788November 20 – In the United Kingdom, the Houses of Parliament are given the first formal report by Prime Minister Pitt of the mental illness of King George III. Parliament adjourns for two weeks, to await the results of examinations by royal physicians.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
  • 1798May 27 – Pitt–Tierney duel takes place on Putney Heath. British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger fights a duel against opposition politician George Tierneysource
  • 17984 December – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger announces the introduction of income tax in 1799.source
  • 1799January 9 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound, to raise funds for Great Britain's effort in the French Revolutionary Wars.source
  • 17999 January – Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars.source

19th century

  • 1801February 4 – William Pitt the Younger resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.source
  • 180114 March – William Pitt the Younger resigns over the failure to introduce Catholic emancipation, having first tendered his resignation on 5 February.source
  • 1804May 10 – William Pitt the Younger begins his second term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.source
  • 180410 May – William Pitt the Younger begins his second premiership as Prime Minister.source
  • 1806January 23 – Following the death of William Pitt the Younger, his cousin Lord Grenville succeeds him as wartime Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.source
  • 1806January 23 – William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1759)source

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