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losses were around forty. 07 july The Quasi-War, an undeclared war fought entirely at sea, beganafter the United States rescinded their treaties with France. 14 july The Sedition Act became United States law, making it a federalcrime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious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
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