# George III - King of Great Britain and Ireland; from 1801 King of the United Kingdom

URL: https://allhistories.com/barbados/rulers/george-iii
Reign: 25 October 1760 – 29 January 1820
Number in the list: 14
Born-Died: 4 June 1738 (Norfolk House) - 29 January 1820 (Windsor Castle)
Dynasty: House of Hanover
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III

George III's sixty-year reign saw the Great Hurricane of October 1780, which killed several thousand people in Barbados, the abolition of the British slave trade (1807) and Bussa's Rebellion of April 1816, the largest slave revolt in the island's history, suppressed during the Regency. Lord Seaforth's governorship secured the 1805 law making the murder of an enslaved person a capital crime.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [George II](https://allhistories.com/barbados/rulers/george-ii)
- Next in list: [George IV](https://allhistories.com/barbados/rulers/george-iv)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1762 - [Conquest of Martinique](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1762-conquest-of-martinique)
- 1762 - [Barbados Mercury Established](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1762-barbados-mercury-established)
- 1765 - [Moravian Missionaries Arrive](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1765-moravian-missionaries-arrive)
- 1765 - [Barbados and the Stamp Act](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1765-barbados-and-the-stamp-act)
- 1766 - [Great Fires of Bridgetown](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1766-great-fires-of-bridgetown)
- 1770 - [Alleyne Founds The Seminary](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1770-alleyne-founds-the-seminary)
- 1775 - [American Revolution Trade Crisis](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1775-american-revolution-trade-crisis)
- 1780 - [Garrison Becomes Army Headquarters](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1780-garrison-becomes-army-headquarters)
- 1780 - [Joshua Steele's Reforms](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1780-joshua-steele-s-reforms)
- 1780 - [Great Hurricane of 1780](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1780-great-hurricane-of-1780)
- 1786 - [Rachael Pringle Polgreen's Hotel](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1786-rachael-pringle-polgreen-s-hotel)
- 1788 - [Methodism Comes to Barbados](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1788-methodism-comes-to-barbados)
- 1789 - [St Michael's Church Rebuilt](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1789-st-michael-s-church-rebuilt)
- 1796 - [Abercromby's Expedition at Barbados](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1796-abercromby-s-expedition-at-barbados)
- 1799 - [Sharon Moravian Church Built](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1799-sharon-moravian-church-built)
- 1805 - [Murder of a Slave Made a Felony](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1805-murder-of-a-slave-made-a-felony)
- 1805 - [Nelson Calls at Barbados](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1805-nelson-calls-at-barbados)
- 1807 - [Abolition of the Slave Trade](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1807-abolition-of-the-slave-trade)
- 1808 - [Poyer's History of Barbados](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1808-poyer-s-history-of-barbados)
- 1813 - [Nelson's Statue Unveiled](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1813-nelson-s-statue-unveiled)
- 1815 - [Registry Bill Rejected](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1815-registry-bill-rejected)
- 1816 - [Aftermath of the 1816 Rising](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1816-aftermath-of-the-1816-rising)
- 1816 - [Bussa's Rebellion](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1816-bussa-s-rebellion)
- 1817 - [Barbados Slave Registry Act](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1817-barbados-slave-registry-act)
- 1817 - [Lord Combermere's Governorship](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1817-lord-combermere-s-governorship)
- 1818 - [Signal Stations Built](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1818-signal-stations-built)
- 1820 - [Sam Lord's Castle Built](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1820-sam-lord-s-castle-built)