Events 1798

1 events

1.1 january–june
1.2 july–december
1.3 date unknown

events
january–june

january 4 – constantine hangerli enters bucharest, prince of wallachia.
january 22 – coup d état staged in netherlands (batavian republic). unitarian democrat pieter vreede ends power of parliament (with conservative-moderate majority).
february 10 – papacy removed power, french general louis-alexandre berthier.
march 5 – french troops enter bern.
march 7 – french forces invade papal states, , establish roman republic.
april 7 – mississippi territory organized united states, territory ceded georgia , south carolina; later twice expanded, include disputed territory claimed both u.s. , spain (which acquired territory in trade great britain).
april 12 – helvetic republic, french client republic, proclaimed following collapse of old swiss confederacy, after french invasion.
april 26 – france annexes geneva.
may 9 – napoleon sets off toulon, , sails aboard vice-admiral brueys s flagship l orient; squadron part of larger fleet of on 300 vessels, carrying 37,000 troops.
may 23 – irish republicans , nationalists, known society of united irishmen, launch rebellion against british rule, in expectation of greater support france, sends 1,100 men. united irishmen unique amongst irish nationalist movements, in unify catholics , protestants around republican ideals. rebellion rages sporadically, defeated british october.
june 12

the french take malta.
a moderate coup d état in netherlands (batavian republic) deposes pieter vreede.


june 13 – mission san luis rey de francia founded in california.

july–december

july 1 – egyptian campaign: napoleon disembarks french army in marabout bay.
july 7

quasi-war: united states congress rescinds treaties france, sparking war.
in action of uss delaware vs la croyable, newly-formed united states navy makes first capture.


july 11 – united states marine corps re-established under present name.
july 12 – battle of shubra khit: french troops defeat mamelukes, during napoleon s march alexandria take cairo.
july 14 – alien , sedition acts become united states law, making federal crime write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements united states government.
july 16 – relief of sick , disabled seamen act signed law, creating marine hospital service, forerunner current united states public health service commissioned corps.
july 21 – battle of pyramids: napoleon defeats ottoman forces near pyramids.
july 24 – napoleon occupies cairo.
july 31 – second round of elections held in netherlands (batavian republic); no general elections time.


august 1: battle of nile.



august 1 – battle of nile (near abu qir): lord nelson defeats french navy under admiral brueys; nelson himself wounded in head.
august 22 – french troops land @ kilcummin in county mayo, assist irish rebellion.
september – charles brockden brown publishes first significant american novel, gothic fiction wieland: or, transformation; american tale.
september 5 – conscription made mandatory in france, jourdan law.
september 10 – piedmontese republic declared in territory of piedmont.
september 10 – battle of st. george s caye: off coast of british honduras (now belize), group of british nationals , african slaves defeat force sent mexico drive them out.
september 18 – lyrical ballads published anonymously samuel taylor coleridge , william wordsworth, inaugurating english romantic movement in literature.
october 12

battle of tory island: british royal navy squadron, under sir john borlase warren, prevents french republican ships, commanded jean-baptiste-françois bompart, landing reinforcements society of united irishmen on donegal coast; irish leader wolfe tone captured, , later dies of wounds.
peasants war against french occupiers of southern netherlands begins in overmere.


november 4 – russo-ottoman siege of corfu begins.
november 8 – british whaler john fearn becomes first european land on nauru.
december 5 – peasants war in southern netherlands: revolt crushed in hasselt; during uprising estimated 5,000 10,000 people have been killed.
december 6 – general joubert of piedmontese republic occupies sardinian capital of turin.

date unknown

an essay on principle of population first published (anonymously), thomas malthus.
aarau becomes temporary capital of helvetic republic.
alois senefelder invents lithography.
eli whitney contracts u.s. federal government 10,000 muskets, produces interchangeable parts.
the first census in brazil counts 2 million blacks, in total population of 3.25 million.
the ayrshire (earl of carrick s own) yeomanry, british army yeomanry cavalry regiment, formed earl of cassillis @ culzean castle, ayrshire in 1794, adopted onto british army list.
jenner publishes work on smallpox vaccination.