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Gillray
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Britain
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Europe
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1756
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Born 13 August
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Start of the Seven Years' War
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1760
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Accession of George III
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1761
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George III marries Princess Charlotte
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1762
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Educated at Moravian academy in Bedford
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Birth of George, Prince of Wales
Earl of Bute becomes prime minister
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1763
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Bute resigns; George Grenville becomes prime minister
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Seven Years' War ends
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1764
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Leaves school
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1765
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Grenville dismissed; replaced by Marquess of Rockingham
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1766
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Fall of the Marquess of Rockingham's first ministry
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1768
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Duke of Grafton becomes prime minister
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1770
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Apprenticed to London writing engraver
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Lord North becomes prime minister
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1773
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Boston Tea Party
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1774
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Accession of Louis XVI of France
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1775
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William Humphrey publishes Gillray's first prints
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Start of War of American Independence
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1776
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American Declaration of Independence
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1778
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Enters Royal Academy schools
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France joins America in war against Britain
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1779
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Etches first work for publisher Hannah ('Mrs') Humphrey
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1780
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The Gordon Riots
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1782
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March: Lord North resigns; Rockingham becomes prime minister
July: Death of Rockingham; Shelburne becomes prime minister;
Charles James Fox resigns as Foreign Secretary; William Pitt
the Younger becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer
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1783
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Attempts to establish himself as a 'serious' engraver
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April: Coalition between Lord North and Charles James Fox
Dec: Fox-North coalition brought down
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America granted independence
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1784
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Publishes Love in a Coffin
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Dissolution of Parliament
March: General Election; Pitt becomes prime minister
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1785
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George, Prince of Wales, marries Mrs Fitzherbert in secret
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1786
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Resumes satirical work
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1788
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George III's madness announced
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1789
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Publishes Shakespeare Sacrificed
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George III recovers
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June: French Revolution begins
July 14: Fall of the Bastille Washington elected President
of the USA
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1790
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Publishes Lieut. Governor Gall-stone
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Publication of Burke's Reflections on the Revolution
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1791
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Begins to work almost exclusively for publisher Hannah Humphrey
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Publication of Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man, part
I
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1792
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Begins to sign his satirical prints
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Publication of Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man, part
II
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Abolition of the French monarchy Proclamation of the First
French Republic
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1793
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Moves into rooms above Mrs Humphrey's shop, 18 Old Bond Street
Travels to France
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Prime minister Pitt forms First Coalition with Austria and
Prussia
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Execution of Louis XVI France declares war on Britain and
Holland
Reign of Terror begins in France
Execution of Marie Antoinette
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1794
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Moves with Mrs Humphrey to 37 New Bond Street
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Execution of Robespierre British naval victory over France
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1795
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Marriage of Prince of Wales to Caroline of Brunswick-Luneburg
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1796
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Charged by Bow Street magistrate for selling blasphemous
print
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Beginning of Napoleon Bonaparte's Italian campaign
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1797
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Moves with Mrs Humphrey to 27 St James's Street
Receives annual pension of £200 for co-operation with
The Anti-Jacobin Magazine
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The Anti-Jacobin Magazine founded
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1798
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Fox dismissed from Privy Council
Second Coalition formed by Britain, Austria, Russia and Turkey
against France
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Napoleon plans invasion of England
Nelson destroys French fleet in Battle of the Nile
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1799
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Suppression of the London Corresponding Society
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Napoleon becomes First Consul, seizes power in France and
proclaims the end of the Revolution
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1801
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Pension ceases
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Pitt resigns
Henry Addington becomes prime minister
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1802
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Treaty of Amiens signed by Britain, France, Spain & the
Batavian republic
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1803
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War resumed
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1804
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Addington resigns
William Pitt becomes prime minister
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Napoleon proclaimed Emperor of France
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1805
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Publishes The Plumb-Pudding in Danger
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Formation of Third Coalition against Napoleon's France
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Nelson killed in the Battle of Trafalgar; French and Spanish
fleets destroyed
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1806
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Death of William Pitt
Baron Grenville becomes head of the coalition 'Ministry of
all the Talents' Death of Charles James Fox
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1807
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Suffers mental and physical breakdown
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Fall of the coalition 'Talents' ministry
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1808
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Publishes Very Slippy-weather
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The Peninsular War begins in Spain
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1809
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Signs a print of his own invention for the last time
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1810
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Mental illness
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Death of Princess Amelia provokes George III's illness
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1811
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Acknowledgment of George III's insanity
Prince of Wales appointed Regent
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1813
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Napoleon defeated in the Battle of Leipzig
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1815
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Death of Gillray, aged 58; buried in churchyard of St James's,
Piccadilly
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Defeat and abdication of Napoleon
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