1841 events
French Revolutionary Wars: A Royal Navy squadron failed to eliminate a smaller French Navy squadron at Algeciras…
French Revolutionary Wars: A squadron of British ships of the line defeated a larger squadron of Spanish and French…
First Barbary War: USS Enterprise, an American schooner, captured the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship…
The Library of Congress (building pictured), the de facto national library of the United States, was established as part
War of the Second Coalition: In the Battle of Marengo, Napoleonic forces secured victory over the Habsburgs when defeat
War of the Second Coalition: The signing of the Convention of Alessandria brought temporary peace between France and Aus
War of the Second Coalition: French forces won a victory at the Battle of Neuburg, ending Austrian control over the Rive
War of the Second Coalition: The British Royal Navy force attacked the well-defended French anchorage of Dunkirk…
French Revolutionary Wars: Facing starvation and a death rate of 100 soldiers per day, the French garrison in Malta…
French Revolutionary Wars: After U.S. ships became involved, French forces abandoned their invasion of the Batavian…
French Revolutionary Wars: Severely outnumbered French forces repulsed an Ottoman attack at the Battle of Mount Tabor in
War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeated the French Army of the Danube, capturing the strategically importa
French soldiers at Fort Julien, near the Egyptian port city of Rashid, uncovered the Rosetta Stone, which was…
War of the First Coalition: A British garrison repelled a French attack on the Îles Saint-Marcouf off the Normandy coast
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 began, with battles beginning in County Kildare and fighting later spreading across the coun
Following the successful French invasion of Malta, the Knights Hospitaller surrendered Malta to Napoleon, initiating two
Outraged by the XYZ Affair, the United States rescinded its treaties with France, resulting in the undeclared…
The Sedition Act became law, making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about…
French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile, between a British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson and a French…
French Revolutionary Wars: British forces commanded by Lieutenant-General Ralph Abercromby invaded the Spanish colonial