Regency

1792

Queen Maria I is declared insane.

Location: Portugal

Jun 06, 1795

Hugh Gough transfers to the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot

Location: Britain

Sep 08, 1795

George Lambert is born

Location: Britain

Oct 1795

Minning’s father Prince Yongyan ascends to the thrown of China as the Jiaqing Emperor after his father the Qianlong Emperor decides to abdicate.

Location: China

Nov 1795

Hugh Gough and his regiment take part in the capture of the Cape of Good Hope

Location: Southern Africa

Sep 17, 1796

Francis Crozier is born in Ireland.

Location: Britain

Nov 06, 1796

George Back is born in Stockport.

Location: Britain

1797

George Burrell joins the British Army as an Ensign in the 15th (East Riding Yorkshire) Regiment, and then promoted to Lieutenant.

Location: Britain

1797

Humphrey Senhouse joins the Royal Navy on board HMS Prince of Wales in the West Indies.

Location: West Indies

1797

Charles Austen is promoted to Lieutenant

Location: Britain

1797

Bakht Khan is born

Location: India

Aug 30, 1797

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is born the daughter of the famous feminist Mary Wollstonecraft

Location: Britain

Oct 08, 1797

Gordon Bremer becomes a Cadet at the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth

Location: Royal Naval College, Portsmouth

Oct 13, 1797

George Anson is born

Location: Britain

Oct 13, 1797

George Anson joins the British army as an Ensign of the 3rd (Scots Fusiliers) Guards

Location: Britain

Nov 1797

Kamehameha II is born in Hilo on Hawaii

Location: Hawaii

1798

John Franklin signs on as a Volunteer on a merchant ship at age 12, despite his father’s misgivings, after showing an interest in a naval career.

Location: Britain

May 1798

William Parker is appointed acting-Captain of HMS Volage, even though he was not yet even a Lieutenant. She was a French privateer that HMS Melampus had captured.

Location: Britain

Oct 12, 1798

Pedro is born in the Queluz Palace in Portugal.

Location: Portugal

Dec 06, 1798

James Hosken is born in Plymouth. He is the son of a Warrant Officer in the Royal Navy

Location: Plymouth

1799

Henry William Barnard is born

Location: Britain

1799

Henry Despard is commissioned as an Ensign in the 17th Regiment of Foot.

Location: Britain

1799

Charles Babbage is sent to school at Alphington near Exeter in Devon in order to recover from an illness

Location: Britain

Mar 1799

James Dundas joins the Royal Navy on board HMS Kent

Location: Britain

Sep 05, 1799

William Parker is promoted to Lieutenant, even though he was already acting as a Captain.

Location: Britain

Nov 01, 1799

Charles Napier joins the Royal Navy

Location: Britain

1800

Edward Kendall is born

Location: Britain

Mar 1800

John Franklin joins the Royal Navy as a Volunteer on board HMS Polyphemus. Polyphemus was at sea at the time so he had to wait until she returned to port in the autumn before he could actually join his ship.

Location: Britain

Apr 15, 1800

James Clark Ross is born. He is the nephew of another naval officer and artic explorer Sir John Ross

Location: Britain

Jul 22, 1800

Robert McCormick is born

Location: Britain

Oct 26, 1800

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder is born in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin to a military family. His father Friedrich Philipp Victor von Moltke was a General in Danmark.

Location: Danemark

Dec 1800

George Byron joins the Royal Navy as a Volunteer

Location: Portsmouth

1801

Muhammad Ali is sent to Egypt to regain control for the Ottoman Empire after Napoleon I's withdrawal from the area. This devolves into a war between the Ottoman Empire and the Mamelukes, who had been ruling the area before Napoleon's invasion. Ali works with both sides, while always positioning himself to gain the support of the general public, until he is able to take complete control.

Location: Egypt

1801

After the death of her father Mary Elizabeth Clarke and her entire family move to France

Location: Paris

1801

Pedro becomes the Crown Prince of Portugal after the death of his elder brother Francisco António.

Location: Portugal

Apr 02, 1801

John Franklin took part in the Battle of Copenhagen on board HMS Polyphemus as part of Nelson’s squadron.

Location: Europe

Aug 15, 1801

Charles Elliot is born in Dresden, in saxony. He was one of nine children, and educated in Reading School in Reading.

Location: Europe

Oct 09, 1801

Lieutenant William Parker is promoted to Captain. He is appointed to HMS Amazon a part of Nelson's fleet.

Location: Britain

1802

Kamāmalu is born in Kawaihae on Hawaii

Location: Hawaii

Apr 02, 1802

Gordon Bremer joins HMS Endymion as a Midshipman

Location: Britain

Apr 07, 1802

Humphrey Senhouse passes his examination for lieutenant and is appointed to HMS Galgo.

Location: Britain

Nov 22, 1802

Duguay-Trouin was part of a French squadron bound for Santo Domingo, but were blockaded in Cap Français by the Royal Navy. They tried to break out after dark. Guerrière and Duguay-Trouin managed to escape but Duquesne was captured by HMS Vanguard and HMS Tartar.

Location: France

Dec 03, 1802

Admiral Sir Michael Seymour was born the third son of another Admiral of the same name.

Location: Britain

1803

Archdale Wilson is born

Location: Britain

1803

Thomas Abernethy is born at Longside in northeast Scotland

Location: Britain

1803

Henry Despard’s uncle becomes the last person to be sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered after he led an Irish uprising in London.

Location: Britain

1803

Guan Tianpei passes the imperial examination for military service

Location: China

1803

Hugh Wheeler is commissioned as a Cadet into the Bengal Army while in Britain

Location: Britain

Jan 29, 1803

James Outram is born in Derbyshire

Location: Britain

Jun 25, 1803

Hugh Gough is promoted to Major

Location: Britain

Jul 02, 1803

Nicholas Tomlinson is born

Location: Britain

Aug 25, 1803

William Hobson joins the Royal Navy as a Volunteer at age 11.

Location: Britain

Dec 13, 1803

He is the second son of Admiral Matthew Buckle

Location: Britain

1804

Henry Havelock is sent to Charterhouse school

Location: Britain

Oct 10, 1804

Lieutenant Charles Austen is promoted to Commander and given command of the sloop HMS Indian

Location: West Indies

1805

James Outram's father dies

Location: Britain

1805

Frank Hastings joins the Royal Navy

Location: Britain

1805

John Smith gains a commission as a Lieutenant, having previously been promoted to master's mate.

Location: Britain

1805

After Napoleon's invasion of Egypt had been destabilised Mamluk regime in Egypt Ibrahim Pasha's father was attempting to gain control of the area in a three way civil war between his Albanian mercenaries, the Mamluks and the Ottomans. Ibrahim Pasha is given to the Ottomans as a hostage in order for his father to secure an alliance between them and his own forces.

Location: Egypt

Apr 1805

Hugh Wheeler arrives in India. He is assigned to the 24th Native Infantry and is promoted to Lieutenant

Location: India

May 17, 1805

Muhammad Ali is born in Kavala, in Macedonia

Location: Greece

May 25, 1805

James Dundas is promoted to Lieutenant and joins the fifth-rate HMS Cambrian

Location: Britain

May 28, 1805

Ibrahim Pasha's father is confirmed as the Governor of Egypt under the nominal Suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire. This leads to the release of the hostages that he had sent to the Ottomans including Ibrahim Pasha.

Location: Egypt

Jun 05, 1805

Pringle Stokes joins the Royal Navy as a Midshipman on HMS Ariadne.

Location: Britain

Jul 05, 1805

Vice Admiral Robert FitzRoy is born at Amton Hall in Suffolk. He was one of the many descendants of the illegitimate children of Charles II. He was sent to the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth at age 12 and then went into the Royal Navy as a Volunteer at age 14.

Location: Britain

Aug 03, 1805

Gordon Bremer is promoted to Lieutenant on board HMS Captain

Location: Britain

Oct 21, 1805

John Franklin took part in the Battle of Trafalgar as a Midshipman on board HMS Bellerophon.

Location: Europe

Nov 21, 1805

He is the sixth son of Sir Percival Hart Dyke of Lullingstone Castle in Kent.

Location: Britain

Nov 30, 1805

Charles Napier is promoted to Lieutenant

Location: Britain

1806

Qishan passes the examination into the Chinese Imperial Civil Service

Location: China

Apr 09, 1806

Isambard Kingdom Brunel is born in Portsmouth were his father had created a block making factory. He was the son of French exile Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and Sophia Kingdom.

Location: Portsmouth

Jun 28, 1806

Henry Montgomery Lawrence is born in Ceylon

Location: Ceylon

Oct 08, 1806

James Dundas is promoted to Commander and was given command of HMS Rosamond

Location: Britain

1807

John Richardson completes his medical training and joins the Royal Navy as a surgeon

Location: Britain

1807

Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai was born at Pakaraka in the Bay of Islands. His uncle is Te Ruki Kawiti

Location: Bay Of Islands