1798 in History – What happened in year 1798

In history, year 1798 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1798.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1798:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
04 january	After having been invested as Prince of Wallachia, Constantine Hanger arrived in Bucharest to assume the throne.
12 june	The Battle of Ballynahinch was fought outside Ballynahinch, County Down, during the Irish rebellion of 1798 between British forces led by Major-General George Nugent and the local United Irishmen led by Henry Munro. Initial reports claimed four hundred rebels were killed, while British losses were around forty.
07 july	The Quasi-War, an undeclared war fought entirely at sea, beganafter the United States rescinded their treaties with France.
14 july	The Sedition Act became United States law, making it a federalcrime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements aboutthe U.S. government.
01 august	French Revolutionary Wars-The Battle of the Nile startedbetween a British fleet commanded by Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson and aFrench fleet under Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers.
31 august	Irish Rebellion of 1798-Irish rebels, with French assistance,established the short-lived Republic of Connaught.
14 July	The US Congress approved the 'Treason Act'. After this, writing, printing or speaking wrong or confusing thing against the government became a crime.
17 January	August Kant, the leading French thinker of sociology, was born.
10 February	French General Louis-Alexander Berthier removed Popetti from power.
07 March	French forces invaded the Papal States and established the Roman Republic.
12 April	The Helletic Republic, a French client Republican, announced the French invasion after the fall of the Old Swiss Conference.
09 May	The Battle of Orlert Hill took place in Wexford, Ireland.
25 June	The US passed the Alien Act, so that the president could be let off dangerous aliens.
16 July	US Department of Public Health Service formed. US Marine Hospital was authorized.
22 August	French troops were stationed at Kilcummin in County Mayo to aid the Irish rebellion.
01 September	The treaty was signed by Britain with the Nizam of Hyderabad.
12 October	The Flemish rebellion against the French-occupied Boerenkridge began.
08 November	The British whaler John Fern became the first European to land on Nauru.
24 December	Russia and Britain signed the second anti-French alliance.

Famous birthdays in the year 1798:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
02 April	August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben / Poet / Germany
03 April	Charles Wilkes / Geographer / United States of America
04 September	Raynold Kaufgetz / Economist / Switzerland
07 October	Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume / Business Man / France
08 April	Dionysios Solomos / Poet / Greece
11 September	Franz Ernst Neumann / Physicist / Germany
12 June	Samuel Cooper / General / United States of America
14 June	František Palacký / Politician / Czech Republic
17 April	Étienne Bobillier / Academic / France
18 March	Francis Lieber / Philosopher / Germany
19 January	Auguste Comte / Economist / France
20 January	Anson Jones / Politician / United States of America
21 August	Jules Michelet / Philosopher / France
24 December	Adam Mickiewicz / Poet / Poland
25 September	Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont / Engineer / France
26 June	Wolfgang Menzel / Poet / Germany
26 April	Eugène Delacroix / Painter / France
28 December	Thomas Henderson / Mathematician / Scotland
29 November	Alexander Brullov / Painter / Russia
31 December	Friedrich Robert Faehlmann / Physician / Estonia

Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1798:

Year	Name / Profession / Country
15 August	Sangolli Rayanna / Warrior / India