1798
1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).
Events February-October - Irish Rebellion of 1798 7 March - French forces invade the Papal States and establish the Roman Republic April 7 - The Mississippi Territory is organized from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina and is later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain April 26 - France annexes Geneva May 24 - Irish nationalists rebel against British occupation forces believing that French troops were going to invade Ireland. A small French contingent lands at Killala near Castlebar in County Mayo. June 12 - French take Malta June 13 - Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is founded. July 1 - Napoleon's troops land on Egypt July 7 - Quasi-War: The U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the 'war.' July 11 - The United States Marine Corps was (re-?)established. July 14 - The Alien and Sedition Acts become United States law making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government July 21 - Napoleon defeats Mameluke forces near the Pyramids July 24 - Napoleon occupies Cairo August 1 - Horatio Nelson defeats the French navy under Admiral Brueys at the Battle of the Nile. Nelson himself is wounded on the head September 18 - Lyrical Ballads published anonymously by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth - first (anonymous) publication of An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Malthus
- Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Scientific Editor, Astronomer, begins editing journals about navigation and the geographic positions of cities.
- X, Y, Z Affair in the U.S., followed by naval skirmishes but no war is declared.
- First mechanical music boxes
- Alessandro Volta and La Place discover electricity
- The Afghans Army occupied Lahore in Punjab
- Timothy Dexter - A Pickle for the Knowing Ones or Plain Truth in a Homespun Dress
- Aarau is the temporary capital of the Helvetic Republic
- Alois Senefelder invents lithography
Ongoing events - French Revolution (1789-1799 Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)-Second Coalition/Egyptian Campaign
Births - January 14 - Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician
- January 17 - Auguste Comte, "father" of sociology
- January 20 - Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858)
- March 13 - Abigail Fillmore, First Lady of the United States
- March 30 - Luise Hensel, poet (d. 1876)
- April 2 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German lyricist, writer (d. 1874)
- April 26 - Eugène Delacroix, French painter
- April 28 - Duncan Forbes, linguist
- June 29 - Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (d. 1837)
- October 2 - Charles Albert of Savoy, King of Sardinia
- December 24 - Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poets and author.
- William Abbot - English actor
Deaths - December 4 - Luigi Galvani, physicist
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