His conduct with regard to Georges' conspiracy, | 1251 |
His murder of the Duc d'Enghien, | 1251 |
Napoleon made Emperor, | 1252 |
Harrowby retires. Addington joins the ministry, | 1252 |
Failure of the Catamaran expedition, | 1253 |
Success in India against the Mahrattas, | 1253 |
1802 Wellesley's subsidiary system, | 1254 |
1803 The Mahratta war, | 1255 |
Battle of Assye, | 1256 |
1805 Conclusion of the war, | 1257 |
Sad close of Pitt's career, | 1257 |
Attack on Melville's administration, | 1258 |
Sidmouth resigns, | 1259 |
Treaty of St. Petersburg, | 1261 |
The third coalition formed, | 1261 |
Napoleon prepares to invade England, | 1261 |
Nelson's pursuit of Villeneuve, | 1262 |
Failure of Napoleon's schemes, | 1263 |
He marches against Austria, | 1264 |
Capitulation of the Austrian army at Ulm, | 1264 |
Battle of Trafalgar, | 1265 |
Battle of Austerlitz, | 1265 |
1806 Death of Pitt. Fox's ministry, | 1266 |
1805 Treaties of Schönbrunn and Presburg, | 1269 |
1806 Napoleon erects dependent kingdoms, | 1269 |
Fox's negotiations with Napoleon, | 1270 |
Death of Fox, | 1270 |
Abolition of the slave trade, | 1271 |
1807 Rejection of the Catholic claims, | 1273 |
Resignation of the Grenville ministry, | 1274 |
The Perceval ministry, | 1274 |
1806 Prussia declares war with France, | 1276 |
Battle of Jena, | 1276 |
The Berlin decree, | 1277 |
1807 The orders in Council, | 1278 |
Battle of Eylau, | 1280 |
Incapacity of the Grenville ministry, | 1280 |
Expedition to Buenos Ayres, | 1280 |
Expedition to the Dardanelles, | 1281 |
Expedition to Alexandria, | 1282 |
1806 Expedition to Sicily, | 1282 |
1807 Dissolution of the third coalition, | 1282 |
Treaty of Tilsitt, | 1283 |
Capture of the Danish fleet, | 1285 |
War between Russia and Sweden, | 1285 |
Continental System acknowledged except in Portugal, | 1285 |
Condition of the Peninsula, | 1286 |
Joseph made King of Spain, | 1287 |
Napoleon's armies in Spain, | 1288 |
Invasion of Portugal, | 1288 |
1808 Enthusiasm in England for the Spanish insurrection, | 1289 |
Wellesley sent to Portugal, | 1290 |
Combat of Rorica, | 1291 |
Battle of Vimiero, | 1292 |
Convention of Cintra, | 1293 |
Sir John Moore's march to Salamanca, | 1294 |
Napoleon in Madrid, | 1295 |
1809 Battle of Corunna, | 1297 |
Opinion in England concerning the war, | 1298 |
Scandal of the Duke of York, | 1299 |
Charges against Castlereagh, | 1299 |
Opposition to Napoleon in Germany, | 1300 |
Battle of Aspern, | 1300 |
Battle of Wagram, | 1301 |
Peace of Vienna, | 1301 |
The Walcheren expedition, | 1301 |
Wellesley victorious in Portugal, | 1303 |
Battle of Talavera, | 1304 |
1810 Wellington fortifies the Lisbon promontory, | 1306 |
Battle of Busaco, | 1307 |
1811 Battle of Albuera, | 1309 |
Critical position of the French, | 1311 |
Threatened war between Russia and France, | 1313 |
1812 Capture of Rodrigo and Badajos, | 1315 |
Battle of Salamanca, | 1316 |
Wellington in Madrid, | 1317 |
He retreats to Portugal, | 1318 |
1813 Battle of Vittoria, | 1319 |
1814 Battle of Toulouse, | 1321 |
Long tenure of power by the Tory party, | 1321 |
1809 Quarrel of Castlereagh and Canning, | 1322 |
1810 Illness of the King, | 1323 |
1811 The Regency Bill, | 1324 |
1812 Assassination of Perceval. Liverpool made Premier, | 1325 |
War with America, | 1325 |
1814 Capture of Washington, | 1327 |
Abdication of Napoleon, | 1328 |
Character of the Tory Government, | 1329 |
1810 Depression of trade, | 1331 |
1811 The Luddite riots, | 1332 |
Misery of the agricultural labourer, | 1333 |
1814 ; Difficulties attending the settlement of Europe, | 1333 |
First Treaty of Paris, | 1334 |
Visit of the monarchs to England, | 1335 |
Congress at Vienna, | 1335 |
1815 Compromise agreed upon, | 1338 |
Escape of Napoleon from Elba, | 1339 |
Military preparations against Napoleon, | 1339 |
Battle of Ligny, | 1340 |
Battle of Quatre Bras, | 1341 |
Battle of Waterloo, | 1342 |
The allies enter Paris, | 1346 |
Napoleon banished to St. Helena, | 1346 |
The second Treaty of Paris, | 1346 |
1816 Battle of Algiers, | 1347 |
Opposition in Parliament, | 1348 |
Extravagance of the Government, | 1349 |
Agricultural and commercial depression, | 1350 |
Riots and political meetings, | 1351 |
Meeting in Spa Fields, | 1352 |
Petition from the Corporation of London, | 1353 |
1817 Attack on the Regent, | 1353 |
Repressive measures of the Government, | 1354 |
Secret political meetings, | 1354 |
Suppression of seditious writings, | 1355 |
Mr. Hone's trial, | 1355 |
Strength of the Opposition, | 1356 |
1818 Condition of the royal family, | 1357 |
Dissolution of Parliament, | 1358 |
Evacuation of France by the allies, | 1359 |
1819 Resumption of cash payments, | 1359 |
Rejection of Catholic emancipation, | 1360 |
Reform of Scotch burghs, | 1360 |
The Manchester Massacre, | 1362 |
The Six Acts, | 1363 |
1820 Death of George III., | 1363 |