Explore 186 historical events from 1790–1799.
Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hu…
Napoleon Bonaparte and his expedition force leave France to invade Egypt
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was t…
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was t…
United Irishmen Rebellion: Battle of Carlow begins; executions of suspected rebels at Carnew and at Dunlavin Green take
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was t…
United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kild
The Battle of New Ross was a military engagement which took place in New Ross, County Wexford during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It was fought between the Society of United Irishm…
Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated
Étienne Bobillier was a French mathematician.
Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (died 1840)
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist who was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school.
Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (died 1863)
Samuel Cooper was an American military officer, who served in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War in the United States Army. Although little-known today, Cooper wa…
Samuel Cooper, American general (died 1876)
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was t…
Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battles of Arklow and Saintfield
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was t…
Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch
František Palacký was a Czech historian and politician. He was the most influential person of the Czech National Revival, called "Father of the Nation".
František Palacký, Czech historian and politician (died 1876)
Captain George Vancouver was an English Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for leading the Vancouver Expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pac…
George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer (born 1757)
William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, was a British nobleman, peer, politician, and great-uncle of the poet George Gordon Byron who succeeded him in the title. As a result of a number of…
William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (born 1722)
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was an adventurer and writer who was born in the Republic of Venice and travelled extensively throughout Europe. He is chiefly remembered for his autobiog…
Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (born 1725)
The War of the First Coalition was a set of wars between a coalition of several European powers and France fought between 1792 and 1797. The coalition was only loosely allied and f…
War of the First Coalition: A British garrison repelled a French attack on the Îles Saint-Marcouf off the Normandy coast
The French First Republic, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, successfully invaded the islands of Malta and Gozo, then ruled by the Knights Hospitaller, in June 1798 as part of the Mediter…
Following the successful French invasion of Malta, the Knights Hospitaller surrendered Malta to Napoleon, initiating two
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was t…
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 began, with battles beginning in County Kildare and fighting later spreading across the coun
The Spithead and Nore mutinies were two major mutinies by sailors of the Royal Navy in 1797. They were the first in an increasing series of outbreaks of maritime radicalism in the …
The Spithead mutiny begins, immobilising the Channel fleet
Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, KB was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Trinidad in 1797. Rising to the rank of …
Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territo
Verona is the largest city in the region of Veneto in Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city municipalit…
Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces
The War of the First Coalition was a set of wars between a coalition of several European powers and France fought between 1792 and 1797. The coalition was only loosely allied and f…
War of the First Coalition: The Peace of Leoben is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Maximilian, Count of Merveldt, creat
The War of the First Coalition was a set of wars between a coalition of several European powers and France fought between 1792 and 1797. The coalition was only loosely allied and f…
War of the First Coalition: Napoleon Bonaparte conquers Venice
Abraham Pineo Gesner was a Nova Scotian and New Brunswickan physician and geologist who invented kerosene. Gesner was born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia and lived much of his life in …
Abraham Pineo Gesner, Canadian physician and geologist (died 1864)
Joseph Brackett Jr. was an American songwriter, author, and elder of The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, better known as the Shakers. The most famous song…
Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (died 1882)