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1769
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1st May
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Birth of Hon. Arthur Wellesley Dublin
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1781-1784
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At Eton
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1786
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At school of Equitation, Angers, France
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1787
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Ensign (7th March); Lieutenant (25th Dec)
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1788
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Feb
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Arrives Ireland as A.D.C. to Lord-Lieutenant
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1790
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April
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M.P. for Trim, Ireland
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1791
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30th June
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Captain
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1793
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30th April
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Major
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1793
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30th September
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Lieutenant-Colonel
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1796
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3rd May
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Colonel
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1796-1805
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In command of 33rd in India
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1799
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4th May
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Storming of Seringapatam, death of Tipoo Sultan. Governor of Mysore
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1803
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23rd September
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Battle of Assaye
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1803
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29th September
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Battle of Argaum
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1804
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1st September
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Order of the Bath
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1806
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30th January
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Succeeds Cornwallis as Colonel of 33rd
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1806
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1st April
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M.P. for Rye, Sussex
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1806
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10th April
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Marries Kitty Pakenham in Dublin
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1807
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3rd
Februaury
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Birth of Arthur Richard Wellesley, son and heir.
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1807
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3rd April
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Joins Government as Chief Secretary of Ireland.
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1807
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31st July-30th Sept
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Copenhagen Expedition
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1808
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25th April
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Lieutenant-General
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1808
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17th August
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Battle of Roliça.
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1808
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21st August
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Battle of Vimeiro
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1809
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April
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Resigns Chief Secretaryship, sent in command of force to defend Portugal
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1809
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6th July
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Marshal-General of Portuguese Army
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1809
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27-28th July
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Battle of Talavera.
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1809
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4th September
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Viscount Wellington of Talavera
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1810
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27th September
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Battle of Busaco, Portugal.
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1811
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16th May
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Battle of Albuera
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1812
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8-19th January
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Siege and storming of Cuidad Rodrigo.
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1812
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February
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Earl of Wellington, Grandee of Spain with title of Duque de Cuidad Rodrigo.
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1812
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22nd July
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Battle of Salamanca.
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1812
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12th August
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Entry into Madrid.
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1812
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18th August
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Marquess of Wellington.
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1812
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22nd September
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Generalissimo of Spanish Armies
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1812
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December
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Portuguese title of Duque de Vitoria
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1813
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1st January
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Colonel of Royal Regiment of Horse Guards
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1813
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4th March
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Knight of the Garter
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1813
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21st June
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Battle of Vitoria. Field Marshal.
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1813
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28th-30 th June
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Battle of the Pyrenees (Sorauren).
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1815
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April – June
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Assembly of Allied army under Wellington.
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1815
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16th June
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Battle of Ligny and Quatre Bas
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1815
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17th June
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Prussians retreat to Wavre; Wellington follows to Mont-Saint-Jean.
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1815
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18th June
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Battle of Waterloo.
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1815
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22nd October
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Commander-in-Chief, Army of Occupation in France.
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1817
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October
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Appointed Allied referee on French reparations.
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1818
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26th December
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Appointed Master-General of Ordnance in Liverpool’s cabinet.
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1820
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19th December
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Appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire
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1825
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29th December
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Constable of Tower of London
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1827
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January
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Commander-in-Chief of Army.
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1828-1830
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Prime Minister
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1829
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20th January
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Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
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1831
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24th April
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Death of Kitty Wellington.
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1834
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Chancellor of University of Oxford.
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1852
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14th September
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Death at Walmer Castle, aged 83 years, 4 months.
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1852
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18th November
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Burial at St Pauls.
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