1798
year
1798 (MDCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1760s 1770s 1780s – 1790s – 1800s 1810s 1820s |
| Years: | 1795 1796 1797 – 1798 – 1799 1800 1801 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1798 MDCCXCVIII |
| French Republican calendar | 6–7 |
| Ab urbe condita | 2551 |
| Armenian calendar | 1247 ԹՎ ՌՄԽԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6548 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1719–1720 |
| Bengali calendar | 1205 |
| Berber calendar | 2748 |
| British Regnal year | 38 Geo. 3 – 39 Geo. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2342 |
| Burmese calendar | 1160 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7306–7307 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4494 or 4434 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4495 or 4435 |
| Coptic calendar | 1514–1515 |
| Discordian calendar | 2964 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1790–1791 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5558–5559 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1854–1855 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1719–1720 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4898–4899 |
| Holocene calendar | 11798 |
| Igbo calendar | 798–799 |
| Iranian calendar | 1176–1177 |
| Islamic calendar | 1212–1213 |
| Japanese calendar | Kansei 10 (寛政１０年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1724–1725 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4131 |
| Minguo calendar | 114 before ROC 民前114年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 330 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2340–2341 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1924 or 1543 or 771 — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1925 or 1544 or 772 |
Events
change- January 22 – Coup d'état in the Netherlands (Batavian Republic). Unitarian Democrat Pieter Vreede makes an end to the power of the parliament (with a conservative-moderate majority).
- 7 March – French forces invade the Papal States and establish the Roman Republic
- April 7 – The Mississippi Territory is organized from territory from Georgia and South Carolina and is later twice made larger to include disputed land claimed by both the U.S. and Spain
- April 26 – France leaves Geneva
- May 24 – Irish nationalists start bloody rebellion against British occupation.
- June 12 – French take Malta
- June 12 – Coup d'état in the Netherlands (Batavian Republic). Moderates depose Pieter Vreede.
- July 1 – Napoleon's troops land in Egypt
- July 14 – The Alien and Sedition Acts become United States law making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false statements about the United States government
- July 21 – Napoleon defeats Mameluke forces near the Pyramids
- July 24 – Napoleon occupies Cairo
- July 30 – Selim III defeats Napoleon in Egypt
- July 31 – Second elections in the Netherlands (Batavian Republic). No general elections this time.
- August 1 – Horatio Nelson defeats the French navy under Admiral Brueys at the Battle of the Nile. Nelson himself is injured on the head.
- August 22 – French troops land at Killala in County Mayo to assist Irish rebellion.
- September 18 – Lyrical Ballads published anonymously by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth
- Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Scientific Editor, Astronomer, begins editing journals about navigation and the geographic positions of cities.
- XYZ Affair in the U.S., followed by naval battles, but no war is declared.
- First mechanical music boxes
- Alessandro Volta and La Place discover electricity
- The Afghans Army occupied Lahore in Punjab
- Aarau is the temporary capital of the Helvetic Republic
- Alois Senefelder invents lithography
- Eli Whitney contracts with the US Federal Government for 10,000 rifles, which he produces with interchangeable parts
- Charles Brockden Brown publishes the first American Novel Wieland or The Transformation an American Tale
Ongoing events
change- French Revolution (1789-1799) Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)-Second Coalition/Egyptian Campaign
- May-October – Irish Rebellion of 1798
Births
- for more information, see Category:1798 births.
Deaths
- for more information, see Category:1798 deaths.