Explore 451 historical events from 1790–1799.
Theobald Wolfe Tone, posthumously known as Wolfe Tone, was a revolutionary exponent of Irish independence and is an iconic figure for Irish republicanism. Convinced that if his fel…
Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish…
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: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht.
Conscription, also known as the draft in American English and Philippine English, is the practice in which the compulsory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military servic…
Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
Alexander Thomson of Banchory FRSE (1798–1868) was a 19th-century Scottish advocate, agriculturalist, antiquary, author, philanthropist and traveller. He owned an estate at Banchor…
Alexander Thomson of Banchory, Scottish jurist, agriculturalist and religious activist (died 1868)
William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, was a British nobleman, peer, politician, and great-uncle of the poet George Gordon Byron who succeeded him in the title. As a result of a number of…
William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (born 1722)
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was an adventurer and writer who was born in the Republic of Venice and travelled extensively throughout Europe. He is chiefly remembered for his autobiog…
Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (born 1725)
Thomas Sandby was an English draughtsman, watercolour artist, architect and teacher. In 1743 he was appointed private secretary to the Duke of Cumberland, who later appointed him D…
Thomas Sandby, English cartographer, painter, and architect (born 1721)
James Dickey was a young barrister from a Presbyterian family in Crumlin in the north of Ireland who was active in the Society of the United Irishmen and was hanged with Henry Joy …
James Dickey, Irish revolutionary (born 1776)
Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi was an Italian poet, philosopher, essayist, and philologist. Considered the greatest Italian poet of the 19th ce…
Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (died 1837)
Sangolli Rayanna was an Indian military leader. Born in Sangolli, Belagavi district. His father was Bharamappa Rogannavar. His mother was Kenchava. He served as a senior commander …
Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior (died 1831)
Jules Michelet was a French historian and writer, best known for his multi-volume work Histoire de France, which chronicles the history of France from its earliest origins to the F…
Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher (died 1874)
John Henry Colclough was a United Irishman, who was executed in Wexford following the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
John Henry Colclough, Irish revolutionary (born c
Anna Gardie was a French Saint-Domingue-born American stage actress and dancer who was known for her roles in ballet-pantomimes such as La Foret Noire and Sophia of Brabant. She wa…
Anna Gardie, French-American dancer and actress (born c. 1760)
François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, a Walloon, joined the army of the Habsburg monarchy and soon fought in the Seven Years' War. Later in his military ca…
François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (born 1733)
Anthony Perry, known as the "screeching general", was one of the leaders of the United Irish Wexford rebels during the 1798 rebellion.
Anthony Perry, Irish rebel leader (born ca. 1760)
Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Comte de Brueys was a French Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary Wars. He commanded t…
François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (born 1753)
Thomas Alcock was a clergyman in the Church of England, a pluralist and an author.
Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (born 1709)
Peter Frederik Suhm, was a Danish historian.
Peter Frederik Suhm, Danish-Norwegian historian and author (born 1728)
The French First Republic, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, successfully invaded the islands of Malta and Gozo, then ruled by the Knights Hospitaller, in June 1798 as part of the Mediter…
Following the successful French invasion of Malta, the Knights Hospitaller surrendered Malta to Napoleon, initiating two
The War of the First Coalition was a set of wars between a coalition of several European powers and France fought between 1792 and 1797. The coalition was only loosely allied and f…
War of the First Coalition: A British garrison repelled a French attack on the Îles Saint-Marcouf off the Normandy coast
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 began, with battles beginning in County Kildare and fighting later spreading across the coun
The XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the presidency of John Adams, involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican Fr…
Outraged by the XYZ Affair, the United States rescinded its treaties with France, resulting in the undeclared…
The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 were four U.S. statutes that restricted naturalization, empowered the president of the United States to detain and deport foreigners, and crimin…
The Sedition Act became law, making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about…
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: The Battle of the Nile, between a British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson and a French…