What happened in 1798?

War of the Second Coalition

Wars & Conflicts · Switzerland

1798–1802 set of battles between the French Republic and the neighbouring monarchies

Battle of the Pyramids

Wars & Conflicts

1798 battle during the French invasion of Egypt

Battle of Shubra Khit

Wars & Conflicts · Shubra Khit

1798 battle during the French Invasion of Egypt

Siege of Malta

Wars & Conflicts · Valletta

1798 military blockade of Malta by France

French invasion of Switzerland

Wars & Conflicts · Old Swiss Confederacy

1798 invasion during the French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Grauholz

Wars & Conflicts · Urtenen-Schönbühl

1798 battle

Peasants' War

Wars & Conflicts · Southern Netherlands

1798 revolt during the French Revolutionary Wars

Siege of Corfu

Wars & Conflicts · Corfu

1798–1799 siege

Battle of Vinegar Hill

Wars & Conflicts · Wexford

Major battle during the Irish Rebellion of 2020

Battle of Nicopolis

Wars & Conflicts · Nicopolis

Defeat of the French at Nicopolis and destruction of Preveza by Ali Pasha of Ioannina, which took place in October 1798

Battle of St. George's Caye

Wars & Conflicts · St. George's Caye

1798 battle during Anglo-Spanish War

Battle of Castlebar

Wars & Conflicts · Castlebar

Battle during the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Capture of Alexandria

Wars & Conflicts · Alexandria

1798 battle in Egypt

Battle of New Ross

Wars & Conflicts · New Ross

Battle in 1798

Battle of Prosperous

Wars & Conflicts · Prosperous

Engagement during 1798 Irish rebellion

Battle of Killala

Wars & Conflicts · Killala

1798 battle

Battle of Ballinamuck

Wars & Conflicts · Ballinamuck

Battle during the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland

Battle of Ballynahinch

Wars & Conflicts · Ballynahinch

Battle during the Irish rebellion of 1798

Battle of Arklow

Wars & Conflicts · Arklow

1798 second battle of Arklow

Battle of Collooney

Wars & Conflicts · Collooney

1798 battle

Battle of Oulart Hill

Wars & Conflicts · Oulart

Battle during the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Battle of Tara Hill

Wars & Conflicts · Hill of Tara

Battle during the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Battle of Ballymore-Eustace

Wars & Conflicts · Ballymore Eustace

Battle during the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Battle of Carlow

Wars & Conflicts · Carlow

Battle of the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Battle of Newtownmountkennedy

Wars & Conflicts · Newtownmountkennedy

1798 battle

Battle of Antrim

Wars & Conflicts · Antrim

1798 battle in Ireland

Battle of Bunclody

Wars & Conflicts · Bunclody

1798 battle

Battle of Enniscorthy

Wars & Conflicts · Enniscorthy

Military action during the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Battle of Three Rocks

Wars & Conflicts · County Wexford

Battle in the 1798 Irish Rebellion

Battle of Kilcullen

Wars & Conflicts · Kilcullen

1798 battle

Franco-Turkish War

Wars & Conflicts · Ottoman Syria

1798–1801 war

Battle of the Nile

Wars & Conflicts · Abu Qir Bay

1798 naval battle during the French invasion of Egypt

Battle of Tory Island

Wars & Conflicts · Tory Island

1798 naval action off the coast of Donegal, Ireland

Action of 15 July 1798

Wars & Conflicts · Cartagena

1798 naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf

Wars & Conflicts · îles Saint-Marcouf

1798 battle of the French revolutionary wars

Action of 14 December 1798

Wars & Conflicts

1798 naval skirmish between the British and the French

Battle of the Raz de Sein

Wars & Conflicts · Raz de Sein

1798 naval battle during French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Sediman

Wars & Conflicts

1798 battle

French invasion of Egypt and Syria

Wars & Conflicts · Egypt

1798–1801 campaign during the War of the Second Coalition

French occupation of Malta

Wars & Conflicts · Malta

French occupation of Malta (1798-1800)

Mediterranean campaign of 1798

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

Failed French military campaign led by Napoleon Bonaparte to support the Sultanate of Mysore against Britain

Revolt of Cairo

Wars & Conflicts · Cairo

1798 rebellion during the French invasion of Egypt

French invasion of Malta

Wars & Conflicts · Gozo

1798 invasion, part of the Mediterranean campaign

Capture of Minorca

Wars & Conflicts · Menorca

1798 invasion

Raid on Manila

Wars & Conflicts · Manila

Part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Batavian coup of 22 January 1798

Politics & Government · The Hague

Treaty with the Cherokee, 1798

Politics & Government · Great Tellico

1798 treaty between the United States and representatives of the Cherokee

Heraclius II of Georgia died

People · Telavi

Died in Telavi. Georgian monarch; King of Kakheti (1744–62), King of Kartli and Kakheti (1762–98).

Luigi Galvani died

People · Bologna

Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher

George Vancouver died

People · Petersham

English naval explorer (1757–1798)

Johann Reinhold Forster died

People · Halle (Saale)

German naturalist (1729–1798)

Edward Waring died

People · Plealey

English mathematician

Francisco de Lacerda died

People · São Paulo

Portuguese explorer

Aristide Aubert du Petit-Thouars died

People · Abu Qir

French naval officer

Esteban José Martínez Fernández y Martínez de la Sierra died

People · Seville

Spanish explorer

William Wales died

People · London

British astronomer

John Fitch died

People · Bardstown

American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur and engineer (1743–1798)

Antoine de Chézy died

People · Paris

French engineer

Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus died

People · Vienna

Austrian entomologist

Christian Garve died

People · Wrocław

German Enlightenment philosopher

Erland Samuel Bring died

People · Lund

Swedish mathematician

Pierre Bayen died

People · Paris

French chemist (1725-1798)

Ajima Naonobu died

People · Shiba

Japanese mathematician

Jean-François Callet died

People · Paris

French mathematician (1744-1798)

Johann Heinrich Müntz died

People · Kassel

German Swiss painter (1727-1798)

Friedrich Albrecht Carl Gren died

People · Halle (Saale)

German chemist

François Daviet de Foncenex died

People · Casale Monferrato

Mathematician and military personnel (1734-1798)

Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière died

People · New York City

French military engineer (1723-1798)

Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Bucholtz died

People · Weimar

German chemist and pharmacist (1734-1798)

Abraham Hülphers died

People · Västerås domkyrkoförsamling

Swedish writer and musicologist (1734-1798)

Johann Jakob Huber died

People · Gotha

Swiss astronomer (1733–1798)

Alexis-Jean-Pierre Paucton died

People · Paris

French mathematician

André-Charles Brotier died

People · Cayenne

French royalist (1751-1798)

Benjamin Donn died

People · Devon

British mathematician

Eelco Alta died

People · Boazum

Frisian clergyman, theologian, and veterinarian

Cosme Bueno died

People · Lima

Spanish mathematician (1711-1798)

Thomas Postlethwaite died

People · Bath

Mathematician

Marie-Élisabeth Joly died

People · Paris

French actress

Julius Soubise died

People · Saint Kitts

British actor-musician

Genovefa von Weber died

People · Salzburg

German opera singer (1764-1798)

Marianne de Bellem died

People · Amsterdam

Belgian artist (1767–1798)

Auguste Comte born

People · Montpellier

Born in Montpellier. French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist (1798–1857).

Adam Mickiewicz born

People · Zavosse

Born in Zavosse. Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist (1798-1855).

Giacomo Leopardi born

People · Recanati

Born in Recanati. Italian noble, poet, philosopher, and writer (1798-1837).

Pedro I of Brazil born

People · Palace of Queluz

Born in Palace of Queluz. Emperor of Brazil from 1822 to 1831 and King of Portugal in 1826 (1798-1834).

Jules Michelet born

People · rue Saint-Denis

Born in rue Saint-Denis. French historian; popularized the historical concept of the Renaissance.

František Palacký born

People · Hodslavice

Born in Hodslavice. Czech philosopher, historian, publicist and writer (1798-1876).

August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben born

People · Fallersleben

Born in Fallersleben. German scholar and poet (1798–1874).

Johan Rudolph Thorbecke born

People · Zwolle

Born in Zwolle. Dutch statesman (1798-1872).

Massimo d'Azeglio born

People · Turin

Born in Turin. Italian statesman, novelist and painter (1798–1866).

Dionysios Solomos born

People · Zakynthos

Born in Zakynthos. Greek poet (1798–1857).

Anton Delvig born

People · Moscow

Born in Moscow. Russian journalist and poet (1798-1831).

Alexei Lvov born

People · Tallinn

Born in Tallinn. Russian composer (1798-1870).

John Adams Dix born

People · Boscawen

Born in Boscawen. Union Army General (1798-1879).

Jean Baptiste Armand Louis Léonée Elie de Beaumont born

People · Château de Canon

Born in Château de Canon. French geologist.

Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. Marshal of France (1798–1854).

Wolfgang Menzel born

People · Wałbrzych

Born in Wałbrzych. German poet (1798–1873).

Ferenc Gyulay born

People · Pest

Born in Pest. Hungarian noble (1798–1868).

José Hilario López born

People · Popayán

Born in Popayán. President of Colombia (1798–1869).

Stanisław August Poniatowski died

People · Saint Petersburg

Died in Saint Petersburg. King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1764-1795).

Melchior von Diepenbrock born

People · Bocholt

Born in Bocholt. Catholic cardinal (1798-1853).

Gabrio Casati born

People · Milan

Born in Milan. Italian noble and politician (1798-1873).

I. I. Mechnikov Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Clinical Hospital

Science & Technology

Healthcare organization in Dnipro, Ukraine

Dundee Royal Infirmary

Science & Technology · Dundee

Former hospital in Dundee, Scotland, UK

University of Louisville

Science & Technology

Public university in Kentucky

S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy

Science & Technology · Saint Petersburg

School of military medicine in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Palmyra Atoll

Exploration & Discovery

Uninhabited Pacific atoll and unorganized incorporated U.S. territory

Kingman Reef

Exploration & Discovery · Pacific Ocean

Reef and unincorporated U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean

Teraina

Exploration & Discovery

Coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean

Desaix's expedition to Upper Egypt

Exploration & Discovery · Upper Egypt

1798–1799 military expedition

Seaman's Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Sunni mosque in Ulcinj, Montenegro

Ğälief Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in İske Bistä microdistrict, Waxitof City District, Qazan, Tatarstan

Izzet Mehmet Pasha Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Safranbolu, Karabük, northwestern Turkey

Church of the Holy Mandylion (Dedenevo)

Religion & Belief Systems · Dedenevo

Cathedral in Dedenevo, Russia

Fengshan Tiangong Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Kaohsiung

Ilyinsky Vodlozersky churchyard

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery in Kuganavolokskoye rural settlement, Russia

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia

Religion & Belief Systems

mission church in Oceanside, California, USA

Dutch Reformed Church at Romopock

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New Jersey, United States of America

First Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New Hampshire, United States of America

Holland Patent Stone Churches Historic District

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Peace Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Pełnatycze

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Pełnatycze, Poland

Saint John the Baptist church in Jaworki

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Jaworki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Gammarelli

Economy & Trade · Rome

Official tailor of the Pope

M. M. Warburg & Co.

Economy & Trade · Hamburg

Company

Cassella

Economy & Trade · Frankfurt

German chemical and dye company

Pratt-Read

Economy & Trade · Sycamore

American manufacturing company

Maudslay, Sons and Field

Economy & Trade · Lambeth

UK business

Boodles

Economy & Trade · Liverpool

British luxury jeweler and jewelry designer

Irish Rebellion of 1798

Social Movements & Revolutions · Ireland

1798 rebellion during the French Revolutionary Wars

1798 Revolt of the Alfaiates

Social Movements & Revolutions · Bahia

Slave revolt in Bahia

Ostankino Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Palace and theatre near Moscow, Russia

Karvia Church

Architecture & Engineering · Karvia parish village

Church building in Karvia, Finland

Church of Santa María de Gracia

Architecture & Engineering · Calle del Aire

Church building in Cartagena, Spain

Fort Adams

Architecture & Engineering

Former American Army post in Newport, Rhode Island

Ludwigstein

Architecture & Engineering

Island in Russia

Church of Saint Simeon Stolpnik by Yauza

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Tagansky District, Russia

St. Alexander Nevsky church in Ust-Izhora

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Russia

Saints Peter and Paul Church (Malyje Gorki)

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Malye Gorki, Russia

San Ramón Nonato Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico

Helvetic Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Lucerne

Helvetic Republic was founded, with its capital at Lucerne.

Old Swiss Confederacy dissolved

Empires & Countries

Old Swiss Confederacy ceased to exist.

Roman Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Rome

Roman Republic was founded, with its capital at Rome.

Anconine Republic dissolved

Empires & Countries · Ancona

Anconine Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Ancona.

Irish Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Castlebar

Irish Republic was founded, with its capital at Castlebar.

Irish Republic dissolved

Empires & Countries · Castlebar

Irish Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Castlebar.

Republic of Mulhouse dissolved

Empires & Countries · Mulhouse

Republic of Mulhouse ceased to exist, having been centered at Mulhouse.

Gozo founded

Empires & Countries · Rabat

Gozo was founded, with its capital at Rabat.

Piedmontese Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Turin

Piedmontese Republic was founded, with its capital at Turin.

Tiberina Republic founded

Empires & Countries

Tiberina Republic was founded.

Rubanivka founded

Empires & Countries

Rubanivka was founded.