1798 Calendar
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1798 Historical Event(s)
February 20, 1798
– Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power.
May 24, 1798
– The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins.
May 28, 1798
– The United States Congress empowers president John Adams to enlist 10,000 men for service in case of a declaration of war or invasion of the country’s domain. It also authorizes Adams to instruct commanders of ships-of-war to seize armed French vessels preying upon or attacking American merchantmen about the coast.
May 29, 1798
– United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are massacred by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
June 5, 1798
– The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
June 12, 1798
– Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch.
July 11, 1798
– The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
July 14, 1798
– The Sedition Act becomes law in the United States making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.
August 1, 1798
– French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay) – Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.
September 3, 1798
– The week long battle of St. George’s Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
Who Were Born On 1798?
January 20, 1798
– Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858)
February 8, 1798
– Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Russian Grand Duke (d. 1849)
April 17, 1798
– Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (d. 1840)
April 26, 1798
– Eugène Delacroix, French painter (d. 1863)
June 29, 1798
– Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837)
August 15, 1798
– Sangolli Rayanna, a prominent freedom fighter from Karnataka, India (d. 1831)
October 2, 1798
– King Charles Albert of Sardinia (d. 1849)
October 12, 1798
– Pedro I of Brazil (d. 1834)
November 29, 1798
– Alexander Brullov, Russian painter (d. 1877)
December 4, 1798
– Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (d. 1881)