16 events found for 1798
French Revolutionary Wars: A French force attempting to dislodge a small British garrison on the Îles Saint-Marcouf is
Napoleon Bonaparte and his expedition force leave France to invade Egypt
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins
United Irishmen Rebellion: Battle of Carlow begins; executions of suspected rebels at Carnew and at Dunlavin Green take
The Pitt–Tierney duel takes place on Putney Heath outside London
The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia
United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kild
Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated
Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battles of Arklow and Saintfield
Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch
Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill
As a result of the XYZ Affair, the US Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".
The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
The French Armée d'Orient under Napoleon Bonaparte defeats a Mamluk army under Murad Bey in battle of Shubra Khit.
The Sedition Act of 1798 becomes law in the United States making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false…
French campaign in Egypt and Syria: Napoleon's forces defeat an Ottoman-Mamluk army near Cairo in the Battle of the…