GENERAL HISTORY. INDIA. 1773. The people of Boston board the English ships and throw the tea overboard. 1774. Congress meets at Philadelphia and denies right of Parliament to tax colonies.-Accession of Louis XVI. 1775. George Washington appointed Commander-in-Chief of American forces. 1775-83. War of American Independence. 1776 (July 4). Declaration of Inde pendence by United States. 1778. Death of Earl of Chatham. War with France in Europe. France recognizes independence of United States. 1781. England at war with Spain, France, Holland, and American colonies. Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown. 1782. Lord North resigns.-Lord Rockingham and then Lord Shelburne, Prime Ministers. Grattan's Declaration of Right accepted by Irish Parliament. 1783 (April 2). Coalition ministry under Duke of Portland as Prime Minister. 1772. Warren Hastings, Governor of Bengal.-Draws up plan of government. Directors of East India Company declare a deficit, and appeal to Lord North for help. (November.) Secret Parliamentary inquiry into affairs of Company. 1773. Regulating Act passed (13 Geo. III, c. 63). Motion condemning Clive rejected. 1774. Warren Hastings becomes first Governor-General of India. Rohilla War. Death of Clive. 1775. Benares and Ghazipur ceded to Company. Government of Bombay occupy 1776. Trial and execution of Nun comar. Maráthá War. 1778. English seize French settlements in India. 1779. Maráthás repel English advance on Poona. League of Mysore. Maráthás and Nizám against English. 1780. Hyder Ali ravages Carnatic. 1781. Benares insurrection.-Defeat of Hyder Ali at Porto Novo.— Treaty of Peace with Maráthás. Parliamentary inquiries into administration of justice in Bengal and into causes of Carnatic War.-Act passed to amend the Regulating Act (21 Geo. III, c. 70). 1782. Death of Hyder Ali. Naval battles between French and English in Bay of Bengal. 1783. Pondicherry and other French settlements restored to France by Treaty of Versailles. GENERAL HISTORY. (January.) Treaty of Versailles.Peace signed between England and United States. 1783 (December 23)-1801. William Pitt, Prime Minister. 1783. General peace in Europe. 1786. Burke moves impeachment of Warren Hastings. 1788-95. Trial of Warren Hastings. 1789. Beginning of French Revolution. 1793. Execution of Louis XVI. War between England and France declared February 11. 1795. Cape of Good Hope captured from Dutch. 1797. Battle of Cape St. Vincent.— Mutiny at the Nore. 1798. Irish Rebellion. French expedition to Egypt.— (August 1) Battle of the Nile. 1799. Buonaparte, First Consul. 1800. Union of Great Britain and Ireland. Battles of Marengo and Hohenlinden. Malta taken from French. 1801. Addington, Prime Minister. INDIA. 1783-4. Fox's India Bill introduced and rejected. 1784. Treaty of peace with Tippu, Sultan of Mysore.-General peace in India. Pitt's Act establishing Board of Control (24 Geo. III, sess. 2, c. 25). 1785. Warren Hastings leaves India. Mahdajee Sindia (Maráthá) occupies Delhi. 1786. Act passed to enlarge powers of Governor-General (26 Geo. III, c. 16). 1786-93. Lord Cornwallis, Governor-General. 1787. Tippu sends embassies to Paris and Constantinople. 1789-90. Tippu attacks Travancore. 1790-2. War with Tippu. 1791. Bangalore taken. 1792. Tippu signs treaty of peace ceding territory. 1793. English take Pondicherry. Permanent settlement of Bengal. Cornwallis leaves India. Act renewing Company's charter (33 Geo. III, c. 52). 1793-8. Sir J. Shore (Lord Teignmouth), Governor-General. 1795. The Maráthás defeat the Nizám. 1796. Ceylon taken from Dutch. 1797. Shah Zeman invades Punjab. 1798-1805. Marquis Wellesley, Governor-General. 1799. Capture of Seringa patam. Death of Tippu. Partition of Mysore. 1800. Subsidiary treaty with Nizám. 1801. Incorporation of Carnatic. Oudh cedes territory by subsidiary treaty. |