8 April – Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793: From this date, Acts are to be endorsed with the date of
royal assent and will come into force on that date unless otherwise specified within; this overturns the previous convention that Acts come into force retrospectively at the date of commencement of the current Parliamentary session.[3]
18 September–18 December – French Revolutionary Wars:
Siege of Toulon –
Admiral Hood's squadron of
Royal Navy ships supporting French Royalists is forced to withdraw from
Toulon after a successful siege by
Napoleon, taking a number of French ships – including the Lutine – with them.[2]
20 September – British troops from Jamaica land on the island of
Saint-Domingue to join the
Haitian Revolution in opposition to the French Republic and its newly freed slaves; on 22 September the main French naval base on the island surrenders peacefully to the Royal Navy.[8][9]
8 April – Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793: From this date, Acts are to be endorsed with the date of
royal assent and will come into force on that date unless otherwise specified within; this overturns the previous convention that Acts come into force retrospectively at the date of commencement of the current Parliamentary session.[3]
18 September–18 December – French Revolutionary Wars:
Siege of Toulon –
Admiral Hood's squadron of
Royal Navy ships supporting French Royalists is forced to withdraw from
Toulon after a successful siege by
Napoleon, taking a number of French ships – including the Lutine – with them.[2]
20 September – British troops from Jamaica land on the island of
Saint-Domingue to join the
Haitian Revolution in opposition to the French Republic and its newly freed slaves; on 22 September the main French naval base on the island surrenders peacefully to the Royal Navy.[8][9]