1803 in the United Kingdom

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1803 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland:

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Events from the year 1803 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 2.1 Undated 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 References 6 See also

[edit] Incumbents

• Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
• Prime Minister - Henry Addington, Tory

[edit] Events

• 4 January - William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas, the "first practical steamboat".
• 21 February - Edward Despard and six others are hanged, drawn and quartered for plotting to assassinate king George III and to destroy the Bank of England.
• 16 May - The United Kingdom redeclares war on France after France refused to withdraw from Dutch territory.^[1]
• 25 May - Speaker of the British House of Commons Charles Abbot allows journalists to report the proceedings of the House of Commons.^[2]
• June - Britain captures Tobago and Saint Lucia from France.^[3]
• 9 June - Matthew Flinders completes the first known circumnavigation of Australia.^[</span