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