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However the Foxite opposition in the House of Commons of Great Britain so emasculates the measure with amendments that it is rejected in its new form in Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247385518#Events", "title": "1785 in Ireland", "revid": 1247385518, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1787, "year_label": "1787 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – The North Carolina General Assembly authorizes nine commissioners to purchase 100 acres of land for the county seat of Chatham County. 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Parliament adjourns for two weeks, to await the results of examinations by royal physicians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357260814#October–December", "title": "1788", "revid": 1357260814, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1789, "year_label": "1789 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "February 3", "text": "3 February – Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces a Regency Bill to Parliament so that the Prince of Wales may serve as regent for his father George III during a period of mental illness, but the King recovers before the Bill becomes law.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374051054#Events", "title": "1789 in Great Britain", "revid": 1374051054, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1798, "year_label": "1798 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – Pitt–Tierney duel takes place on Putney Heath. British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger fights a duel against opposition politician George Tierney", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366050846#January–June", "title": "1798", "revid": 1366050846, "section": "Events › January–June"}}, {"year": 1798, "year_label": "1798 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "December 4", "text": "4 December – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger announces the introduction of income tax in 1799.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254299#Events", "title": "1798 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254299, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1799, "year_label": "1799 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "January 9", "text": "January 9 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound, to raise funds for Great Britain's effort in the French Revolutionary Wars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370057226#January–March", "title": "1799", "revid": 1370057226, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1799, "year_label": "1799 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "January 9", "text": "9 January – Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254306#Events", "title": "1799 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254306, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1801, "year_label": "1801 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – William Pitt the Younger resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370397745#January–March", "title": "1801", "revid": 1370397745, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1801, "year_label": "1801 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 14", "text": "14 March – William Pitt the Younger resigns over the failure to introduce Catholic emancipation, having first tendered his resignation on 5 February.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1316268350#Events", "title": "1801 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1316268350, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1804, "year_label": "1804 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10 – William Pitt the Younger begins his second term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369393739#April–June", "title": "1804", "revid": 1369393739, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1804, "year_label": "1804 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 10", "text": "10 May – William Pitt the Younger begins his second premiership as Prime Minister.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333514277#Events", "title": "1804 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1333514277, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1806, "year_label": "1806 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 – Following the death of William Pitt the Younger, his cousin Lord Grenville succeeds him as wartime Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368311144#January–March", "title": "1806", "revid": 1368311144, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1806, "year_label": "1806 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 – William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368311144#January–June", "title": "1806", "revid": 1368311144, "section": "Deaths › January–June"}}]}