Notable Historical Events - 1798
1798 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books |
Jan 8 |
11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed |
Jan 22 |
Coup of Midderigh |
Jan 30 |
Rep Matthew Lyon (Vt) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (Ct) in US House of Representatives, after an argument |
Feb 2 |
Federal St Theater, Boston, becomes 1st in US destroyed by fire |
Feb 10 |
Louis Alexandre Berthier invaded Rome, on February 15 proclaimed a Roman Republic and then on February 20 take Pope Pius VI as a prisoner. |
Feb 20 |
Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power. |
Mar 4 |
Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews |
Mar 7 |
The French army enters Rome: the birth of the Roman Republic. |
Mar 9 |
Dr George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the US navy |
Mar 29 |
Republic of Switzerland forms |
Apr 7 |
Mississippi Territory organized |
Apr 23 |
Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution |
Apr 30 |
US Dept of Navy forms |
May 24 |
Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins. |
May 26 |
British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara |
May 27 |
The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland. |
Jun 5 |
The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated. |
Jun 7 |
Jews of Pesaro Italy fast commemorating murder of Jews |
Jun 7 |
Thomas Malthus publishes the first edition of his influential 'Essay on the Principle of Population' (date of the unsigned preface) |
Jun 13 |
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California |
Jun 25 |
US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens |
Jul 1 |
Napoleon's fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt |
Jul 6 |
US law makes aliens "liable to be apprehended, restrained, ... & removed as alien enemies" |
Jul 7 |
Quasi-War: the U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the 'war.' |
Jul 11 |
US Marine Corps established by an act of Congress |
Jul 14 |
1st direct US federal tax on states-on dwellings, land & slaves |
Jul 14 |
US Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous & malicious" writing against government |
Jul 16 |
US Public Health Service forms & US Marine Hospital authorized |
Jul 21 |
Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt |
Jul 23 |
Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt |
Aug 1 |
Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet |
Aug 2 |
British under Admiral Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile |
Aug 22 |
French troops land in Kilcummin harbour, County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone's United Irishmen's Irish Rebellion. |
Aug 27 |
Battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts the English |
Sep 1 |
Britain signs treaty with Nizam of Hyderabad, India |
Sep 3 |
Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye began between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize. |
Sep 5 |
New conscription law goes into effect in France |
Sep 10 |
British Honduras beats Spain in battle of St George |
Oct 12 |
Flemish uprising against French occupied Boerenkrijg |
Oct 12 |
Friedrich von Schiller's "Wallensteins Lager" premieres in Weimar |
Nov 16 |
Kentucky becomes first state to nullify an act of Congress |
Nov 17 |
-21) Snow storms in New England, hundreds die |
Nov 27 |
Rabbi Shneur Zalman, author (Tanya), released from St Petersburg jail |
Dec 4 |
Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt |
Dec 5 |
Dutch troops occupy Hasselt |
Dec 14 |
David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine |
Dec 17 |
1st impeachment trial against a US senator (Wm Blount, TN) begins |
Dec 24 |
Russia & Britain sign Second anti-French Coalition |
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