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Second Ministry

Pitt was succeeded by Henry Addington, who made peace with Napoleonic France in 1802 with the Treaty of Amiens. War was soon resumed, however, and the nation again turned to Pitt, who returned to office in 1804. He formed a Third Coalition of Britain, Austria, Russia, and Sweden against France. Pitt had lost many of his former supporters, and weary determination replaced the vitality of his former years. The Battle of Trafalgar (1805) confirmed British supremacy at sea, but Napoleon continued victorious on land. When Pitt died at Putney on January 23, 1806, his last words were, “Oh, my country! How I leave my country!”