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Events from the year 1790 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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1 January - 91-mile Coventry to Oxford Canal opened.^[1]
30 January - The first boat specialised as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.^[2]
14 March - William Bligh arrives back in Britain with the first report of the Mutiny on the Bounty.^[2]
16 June–28 July - A general election is held, giving Pitt an increased majority.^[1]
23 June - Alleged London Monster arrested in London: he later receives two years for three assaults.
28 June - Forth and Clyde Canal opened.^[1]
4 July - Third Anglo-Mysore War: In India, Britain allies with the Nizam of Hyderabad against the Mysore.^[3]
27 July - The Treaty of Reichenbach is signed between Britain, Prussia, Russia and the Dutch Republic allowing Austria to retake the Austrian Netherlands.^[3]
4 August - Lord North becomes Earl of Guildford upon the death of his father and moves from the House of Commons to the House of Lords.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 230–231. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ ^a ^b Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
^ ^a ^b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 341–342. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ John Adolphus (1841). "The History of England: From the Accession to the Decease of King George the Third". John Lee. pp. 572. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mUtJAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
^ The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.