15 events found for 1799
French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor: Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is invaded and Tipu Su
The end of the Siege of Acre (1799): Napoleon Bonaparte abandons his siege of the Ottoman city of Acre after two months
War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur, Switzerland
Action of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Jean-Baptiste Perrée is captured by the British fleet unde
Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of the Punjab (Sikh Empire).
The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during…
Tekle Giyorgis I begins his first of six reigns as Emperor of Ethiopia.
Napoleon Bonaparte defeats a numerically superior Ottoman army under Mustafa Pasha at the Battle of Abukir.
Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power.
The entire Dutch fleet is captured by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles…
French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.
War of the 2nd Coalition: French troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.
HMS Lutine sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse becomes the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute.