6 events found for 1798
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 began, with battles beginning in County Kildare and fighting later spreading across the coun
Following the successful French invasion of Malta, the Knights Hospitaller surrendered Malta to Napoleon, initiating two
Outraged by the XYZ Affair, the United States rescinded its treaties with France, resulting in the undeclared…
The Sedition Act became law, making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about…
French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile, between a British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson and a French…