William Pitt the Younger Becomes Prime Minister
1783
At 24, Pitt took office in London as the youngest prime minister in British history. His father had been the great war minister of the Seven Years' War; the son would rebuild national finances, pass India reform, and eventually lead Britain in the long duel with Napoleon. He would die in office at 46.
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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.