• 1770: New South Wales discovered by James Cook

• 1773: Boston Tea Party

• 1774: Priestley discovers oxygen

• 1775: American War of Independence starts

• 1776: American Declaration of Independence

• 1783: First hot air balloon flights

• 1789: French Revolution begins

• 1800: Act of Union creates United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland

• 1802: Beethoven debuts Moonlight Sonata

• 1803: Start of Napoleonic Wars

• 1805: Battle of Trafalgar: Death of Nelson

• 1807: Slave trade abolished

• 1815: End of Napoleonic Wars

Population counts & census returns in Glynde & Beddingham

The following three account of the population of Glynde were written into the Glynde overseers' account book now housed at The Keep, Woollards Way, Brighton BN1 9BP (ref ESROEast Sussex Records Office/PAR 347/31/1/1). They were almost certainly part of national government's attempts to discover the size of the population during the Napoleonic Wars.

10 April 1792: An account of the number of souls, inhabitants in this parish of Glynde.

Poor who partook of Lord Hampden's Bounty the 8th of this inst.		128
Other inhabitants of this parish exclusive of Lord Hampden's family		80
		208 souls

1794. Number of inhabitant in this parish this 16 Dec 1794.
Poor that partook of ye bounty		120
Other inhabitants exclusive of Glynde Place and Glyndebourne families		77
		197

1 Mar 1801. Number of inhabitants in Glynde inclusive of
Lord Hampden's family taken this day	males	104
	females	112
		216