1788

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Australia is colonized, starting a British political prison camp, in what will become Sydney

Events

January–March

Undated

  • Annual British iron production reaches 68,000 tons.

 

A Birth

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedDescription
Robert Peel5 February 1788Lancashire
Bury
United Kingdom
2 July 1850Twice UK PM
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References

  1. Robert Huish, Memoirs of George the Fourth: Descriptive of the Most Interesting Scenes of His Private and Public Life, and the Important Events of His Memorable Reign (Thomas Kelly Publishers, 1830) p195
  2. David Andress, The Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2015)