19 February – Radical John Gale Jones is called before the House of Commons for a breach of privilege, for which he is committed to Newgate Prison until 21 June.[1]
April – Rioting in London after the imprisonment in the Tower of London of Sir Francis Burdett, MP, charged with libel against Parliament after calling for reform of the House of Commons;[2] he is released in June.
8 July – Vere Street Coterie: Police raid a "molly house" in London and arrest 27 men for sodomy or attempted sodomy; a man and a boy are eventually hanged on conviction.
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^Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
^"Chronology of Scottish History". A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
^Dyck, Ian (2004). "Cobbett, William (1763–1835)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 23 July 2011. (subscription or UK public library membership required)