Explore 312 historical events from 1790–1799.
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French playwright and diplomat of the Age of Enlightenment. Best known for his three Figaro plays, at various times in his life he was a…
Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and publisher (born 1732)
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo was a Scottish judge, scholar of linguistic evolution, philosopher and deist. He is most famous today as a founder of modern comparative historical lin…
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (born 1714)
Patrick Henry was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served…
Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (born 1736)
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George(s) was a French violinist, conductor, composer and soldier of African descent. Moreover, he demonstrated excellence as a fencer, an athlet…
Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1745)
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted France against Great B…
French Revolutionary Wars: Severely outnumbered French forces repulsed an Ottoman attack at the Battle of Mount Tabor in
The War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) was the second war between revolutionary France and a coalition of European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria and Russia, and includin…
War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeated the French Army of the Danube, capturing the strategically importa
Fort Julien is a fort located on the left or west bank of the Nile about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-west of Rashid (Rosetta) on the north coast of Egypt. It was originally built b…
French soldiers at Fort Julien, near the Egyptian port city of Rashid, uncovered the Rosetta Stone, which was…
The Pitt–Tierney Duel took place on 27 May 1798 when the prime minister of Great Britain William Pitt the Younger met his political opponent George Tierney in a duel with pistols o…
The Pitt–Tierney duel takes place on Putney Heath outside London
The Battle of Oulart Hill took place on 27 May 1798 when a rebel gathering of between approximately 1,000 annihilated a detachment of 110 militia sent from Wexford town to stamp ou…
The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted France against Great B…
French Revolutionary Wars: A French force attempting to dislodge a small British garrison on the Îles Saint-Marcouf is
The Battle of New Ross was a military engagement which took place in New Ross, County Wexford during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It was fought between the Society of United Irishm…
Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated
Étienne Bobillier was a French mathematician.
Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (died 1840)
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist who was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school.
Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (died 1863)
Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hu…
Napoleon Bonaparte and his expedition force leave France to invade Egypt
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was t…
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was t…
United Irishmen Rebellion: Battle of Carlow begins; executions of suspected rebels at Carnew and at Dunlavin Green take
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was t…
United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kild
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was t…
Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battles of Arklow and Saintfield
Samuel Cooper was an American military officer, who served in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War in the United States Army. Although little-known today, Cooper wa…
Samuel Cooper, American general (died 1876)
František Palacký was a Czech historian and politician. He was the most influential person of the Czech National Revival, called "Father of the Nation".
František Palacký, Czech historian and politician (died 1876)
Wolfgang Menzel was a German poet, critic and literary historian, who was born in Waldenburg (Wałbrzych) in Prussian Silesia.
Wolfgang Menzel, German poet and critic (died 1873)
Willibald Alexis, the pseudonym of Georg Wilhelm Heinrich Häring, was a German historical novelist, considered part of the Young Germany movement.
Willibald Alexis, German author and poet (died 1871)
Captain George Vancouver was an English Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for leading the Vancouver Expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pac…
George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer (born 1757)
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was t…
Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch