BIGpedia - 1798 - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online

Years: 1795 1796 1797 - 1798 - 1799 1800 1801
Decades: 1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).

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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