Explore 387 historical events from 1790–1799.
Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi was an Italian poet, philosopher, essayist, and philologist. Considered the greatest Italian poet of the 19th ce…
Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (died 1837)
Sangolli Rayanna was an Indian military leader. Born in Sangolli, Belagavi district. His father was Bharamappa Rogannavar. His mother was Kenchava. He served as a senior commander …
Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior (died 1831)
Jules Michelet was a French historian and writer, best known for his multi-volume work Histoire de France, which chronicles the history of France from its earliest origins to the F…
Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher (died 1874)
Anthony Perry, known as the "screeching general", was one of the leaders of the United Irish Wexford rebels during the 1798 rebellion.
Anthony Perry, Irish rebel leader (born ca. 1760)
Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Comte de Brueys was a French Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary Wars. He commanded t…
François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (born 1753)
Thomas Alcock was a clergyman in the Church of England, a pluralist and an author.
Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (born 1709)
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 XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the presidency of John Adams, involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican Fr…
Outraged by the XYZ Affair, the United States rescinded its treaties with France, resulting in the undeclared…
The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 were four U.S. statutes that restricted naturalization, empowered the president of the United States to detain and deport foreigners, and crimin…
The Sedition Act became law, making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about…
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted France against Great B…
French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile, between a British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson and a French…
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
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)
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
Corfu or Kerkyra is one of the Ionian Islands in western Greece, and the northernmost island on Greece's west coast except for its satellite Diapontian Islands, which are also the …
French troops disembark in Corfu, beginning the French rule in the Ionian Islands
The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was an amphibious assault by the Royal Navy on the Spanish port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Launched by Rear-Admiral …
Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the French Revolutionary…
Vice-Admiral of the White Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte was a Royal Navy officer whose leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics led to mu…
Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain).
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)
José Mariano Salas Barbosa was a Mexican soldier and politician who served twice as interim president of Mexico, once in 1846, during the Mexican–American War, and once in 1859 dur…
José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician (died 1867)
Frederick Augustus II was King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin.
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (died 1854)