1795

January 3

• Josiah Wedgwood British, ceramic craftsman/woodworker, dies at age 64. [1]

January 13

• François-Joseph Krafft composer, dies at age 73. [1]

January 16

• French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Netherlands. [1]

January 18

• French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance. [1]
• Governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England. [1]

January 19

• Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy. [1]
• Maria Teresa Agnesi composer, dies at age 74. [1]

January 26

• Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach composer, dies at age 62. [1]

February 1

• Giacomo Insanguine composer, dies at age 66. [1]

February 2

• Joseph Haydns 102nd Symphony in B, premieres. [1]

February 5

• Zealand Netherlands surrenders to French General Michaud. [1]

February 7

• 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states. [1]
• Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies. [1]

February 13

• First state university in US opens, University of North Carolina. [1]

February 17

• Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England. [1]

February 21

• Freedom of worship established in France under constitution. [1]

March 5

• Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution. [1]
• Josef Reicha composer, dies at age 42. [1]
• Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France. [1]

March 11

• Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols. [1]

March 29

• Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna. [1]

April 7

• In France, the French National Convention establishes a decimal monetary system. [399.22] [486.32]

April 12

• Rainieri de Calzabigi Italian literary, dies at age 80. [1]

April 23

• William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason. [1]

April 26

• The French Convention annuls a decree forbidding trading in gold and silver. [401.36]

April 30

• Jean-Jacques Barthélemy French historian (Ancient Greece), dies. [1]

May 16

• Hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state. [1]

May 19

• Josiah Bartlett US physician/judge (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 65. [1]

May 20

• Ignác Martinovics Hungarian physicist/revolutionary, beheaded. [1]

July 1

• John Rutledge becomes second chief justice of Supreme Court. [1]

July 25

• The first stone of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is laid. [5]

August 15

• French Convention creates new monetary unit, the "franc". [430.68] [474.30]

September 5

• US-Algiers sign peace treaty. [1]

September 16

• British capture Capetown. [1]

October 13

• William Prescott American Revolutionary soldier, dies. [1]

October 24

• Third partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia. [1]

October 27

• Treaty of San Lorenzo, provides free navigation of Mississippi. [1]

November 28

• US pays $800,000 and a frigate as tribute to Algiers and Tunis. [1]

December 19

• First state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky. [1]

1796

January 5

• Samuel Huntington US judge (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 64. [1]

January 8

• Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois French National Convention chairman, dies at age 46. [1]

January 22

• Bernhard Hupfeld composer, dies at age 78. [1]

January 23

• Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500. [1]

February 17

• James Macpherson poet, dies. [1]

February 28

• Friedrich Wilhelm Rust composer, dies at age 56. [1]

February 29

• Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England. [1]

March 1

• First National Meeting in the Hague. [1]

March 9

• Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais. [1]

March 17

• Pieter Paulus lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at age 41. [1]

March 19

• Stephen Storace composer, dies at age 33. [1]

March 22

• Gaspare Gabellone composer, dies at age 68. [1]

March 28

• Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is first US-African church. [1]

March 31

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont" premieres in Weimar. [1]

April 13

• First elephant arrives in US from Bengal India. [1]
• Battle at Millesimo Italy Napoleon beats Austrians. [1]

April 22

• Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi. [1]

April 28

• Cease fire of Cherasco. [1]

May 10

• French Government arrest ten utopists. [1]
• Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge. [1]
• Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam. [1]

May 12

• Johann P Uz German poet (Theodicee), dies at age 75. [1]

May 14

• First smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner. [1]

May 15

• France and Sardinia sign Peace treaty of Paris. [1]
• French troops occupy Milan. [1]

May 16

• Lombardije Republic forms. [1]

May 17

• Jacob Wilhelm Lustig composer, dies at age 89. [1]

May 19

• Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds. [1]

May 27

• James S McLean patents his piano. [1]

June 1

• Tennessee admitted as 16th US state. [1]

July 8

• US State Department issues first American passport. [1]

July 10

• Carl Friedrich Gauss discovers that every positive integer could be represented as a sum of at most three triangular numbers. [5]

July 21

• Robert Burns Scottish poet, dies. [1]

July 22

• Cleveland, Ohio, founded by General Moses Cleaveland. [1]

August 8

• Boston African Society establishes with 44 members. [1]

September 8

• Battle of Bassano-French beat Austrians. [1]

September 19

• George Washington's farewell address as president. [1]

November 17

• Battle of Arcole-Napoleon I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy. [1]

December 18

• First US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor). [1]

December 30

• Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne composer, dies at age 45. [1]

1797

January 1

• Albany replaces New York City as capital of New York. [1]

January 11

• Francis Lightfoot Lee US farmer (signer Declaration of Independence), dies at age 62. [1]

January 13

• Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern wife of Frederick II, dies at age 81. [1]

January 15

• First top hat worn (John Etherington of London). [1]

January 26

• Russia, Prussia and Austria sign treaty. [1]

January 30

• US Congress refuses to accept first petitions from American blacks. [1]
• Johann Abraham Sixt composer, dies at age 40. [1]

February 4

• Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 40,000. [1]

February 8

• Johann Friedrich Doles composer, dies at age 81. [1]

February 11

• Antoine Dauvergne composer, dies at age 83. [1]

February 12

• Haydn's song "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" premieres in Vienna. [1]

February 15

• Battle of Cape Saint Vincent. [1]

February 19

• 1/3 of papal domain ceded to France. [1]

February 21

• Trinidad, West Indies surrenders to the British. [1]

February 23

• Antoine d'Auvergne French opera composer (Coquette Trompée), dies at age 83. [1]

February 26

• British Order in Council directs Bank of England to suspend cash payments until further notice. The bank issues its first one pound notes. [1] [309.73]

February 27

• Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele composer, dies at age 61. [1]

March 1

• Juan Manuel Olivares composer, dies at age 36. [1]

March 2

• Horace [Horatio] Walpole British horror writer, dies at age 79. [1]

March 4

• John Adams inaugurated as second President of US. [1]

March 13

• Cherubini's opera "Medée" premieres in Paris France. [1]

March 19

• Philip Hayes composer, dies at age 58. [1]

March 26

• James Hutton geologist, dies. [1]

March 28

• Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine. [1]

April 3

• Nonnosus Madlseder composer, dies at age 66. [1]

April 12

• Josef Antonin Stepan composer, dies at age 71. [1]

April 18

• France and Austria sign cease fire. [1]

May 5

• Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi. [1]

May 10

• First Navy ship, the "United States" is launched. [1]

May 27

• François-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf French utopian socialist, dies at age 36. [1]

May 30

• Carl Ludwig Junker composer, dies at age 48. [1]

June 2

• First ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622 feet) in Adirondack New York (C Broadhead). [1]

June 26

• Charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to. [1]

July 8

• First US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment. [1]

September 20

• US frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston. [1]

October 11

• British naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, the Netherlands. [1]

October 22

• André-Jacques Garnerin makes first parachute jump from balloon (Paris). [1]

December 1

• Oliver Wolcott US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at age 71. [1]

December 22

• Giovanni Marco Rutini composer, dies at age 74. [1]

December 26

• John Wilkes English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at age 72. [1]

1798

January 1

• Russia appoints first Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books. [1]

January 8

• 11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed. [1]

January 9

• Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea Earl of Aranda Spanish officer, dies at age 79. [1]

January 20

• Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at age 66. [1]

January 22

• Coup of Midderigh. [1]
• Lewis Morris US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 71. [1]
• Matija A Reljkovic Croatian writer (Satire of Wild Man), dies at age 66. [1]

January 26

• Christian Gottlob Neefe German organist/composer, dies at age 49. [1]

January 30

• Representative Matthew Lyon (Vermont) spits in face of Representative Roger Griswold (Connecticut) in US House of Representatives, after an argument. [1]

February 2

• Federal St Theater, Boston, becomes first in US destroyed by fire. [1]

February 6

• Niels Schiorring composer, dies at age 54. [1]

February 13

• Wilhelm H Wackenroder German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at age 24. [1]

March 4

• Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews. [1]

March 9

• Dr George Balfour becomes first naval surgeon in the US navy. [1]

March 22

• Justin Morgan composer, dies at age 51. [1]

March 29

• Republic of Switzerland forms. [1]

April 7

• Territory of Mississippi is organized. [1]

April 23

• Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution. [1]

May 10

• George Vancouver British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at age 40. [1]

May 26

• British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara. [1]

June 13

• Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California. [1]

June 25

• US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens. [1]

July 2

• John Fitch American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies. [1]

July 14

• First direct federal tax on the states-on dwellings, land and slaves. [1]
• Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous and malicious" writing. [1]

July 16

• US Public Health Service established and US Marine Hospital authorized. [1]

July 23

• Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt. [1]

August 1

• Battle of Nile. [1]

August 2

• British under Admiral Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile. [1]

August 31

• $162,821 is stolen at night from vaults of the Bank of Pennsylvania, the first bank robbery in the USA. [497.56]

September 10

• British Hondurus beats Spain in battle of Saint George. [1]

November 16

• Kentucky becomes first state to nullify an act of US Congress. [1]

December 4

• Luigi Galvani Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at age 61. [1]
• Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt. [1]

December 5

• Government troops occupy Hasselt. [1]

December 14

• David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut and bolt machine. [1]

December 17

• First impeachment trial against a US senator (William Blount, Tennessee) begins. [1]

December 19

• Charles-Joseph Panckoucke publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at age 62. [1]

December 20

• Cornelis Ploos van Amstel Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at age 72. [1]

December 24

• Russia and England sign Second anti-French Coalition. [1]

1799

January 4

• Galib Dede/Seyh Galib Turkish poet (Hüsn ü Ask), dies at about age 40. [1]

January 5

• Mohammed Esad Galib Dede Turkish poet (Hüsn-ü asjk, dies at about age 41. [1]

January 6

• Maria G Agnesi Italian mathematician (x²y=a²(a-y)), dies at age 80. [1]
• W G Frederik prince of Orange/General , dies at age 25. [1]

January 9

• Income Tax introduced in Great Britain. [1]

January 10

• Friedrich von Schiller's "Die Piccolomini" premieres in Weimar. [1]

January 14

• Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets. [1]
• King of Naples flees before the advancing French armies. [1]

January 21

• Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced. [1]

January 22

• Horace B de Saussure Swiss physicist/geologist/alpinist, dies at age 58. [1]

January 25

• First US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont. [1]

February 9

• USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgente off Nevis, West Indies. [1]

February 12

• Frantisek Xaver Dusek composer, dies at age 67. [1]

February 13

• First US law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts. [1]

February 15

• First US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania. [1]

February 16

• Charles Theoby ruler (Palts and Bayern), dies at age 74. [1]

February 18

• Maurus Haberhauer composer, dies at age 52. [1]

February 24

• Broerius Brorius theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about age 41. [1]
• Georg C Lichtenberg German physicist/writer, dies at age 56. [1]

February 25

• First federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land. [1]
• US Congress passes first federal quarantine legislation. [1]

March 2

• US Congress standardizes US weights and measures. [1]

March 6

• Napoleon captures Jaffa Palestine. [1]

March 12

• Austria declares war on France. [1]

March 18

• John Randall composer, dies at age 82. [1]

March 19

• Joseph Haydn's "Die Schöpfung" premieres in Vienna. [1]

March 25

• Constantin Reindl composer, dies at age 60. [1]

March 26

• Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine. [1]

March 28

• Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders Dutch adventurer/spy, dies at age 55. [1]
• New York State abolished slavery. [1]

April 1

• Narciso Casanovas composer, dies at age 52. [1]

April 14

• Napoleon called for establishing Jerusalem for Jews. [1]

April 19

• Pieter Hellendaal violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at age 78. [1]

April 20

• Friedrich von Schiller's "Wallensteins Tod", premieres in Weimar. [1]
• Napoleon issues a decree calling for establishing Jerusalem for Jews. [1]

April 28

• François Giroust composer, dies at age 62. [1]

May 2

• Henri-Joseph Rigel composer, dies at age 58. [1]

May 9

• Claude-Benigne Balbastre composer, dies at age 72. [1]

May 18

• Pierre de Beaumarchais dramatist, dies. [1]

July 24

• William Clark (of Lewis and Clark) is willed the slave York. [1]

July 25

• French-Egyptian forces under Napolean I beat Turks at Battle of Abukir. [1]

September 1

• Bank of Manhattan Company opens in New York City (forerunner to Chase Manhattan). [1]

November 9

• Napoleon becomes dictator (first consul) of France. [1]

December 5

• Robert Kimmerling composer, dies at age 61. [1]

December 6

• Joseph Black Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at age 71. [1]

December 10

• Metric system established in France. [1]

December 14

• George Washington, first President USA (1789-97), dies at Mount Vernon Virginia, at age 67. [1] [5]

December 18

• George Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon. [1]

December 20

• David Traugott Nicolai composer, dies at age 66. [1]

December 24

• Jakobijns plot against Napoleon uncovered. [1]

December 26

• George Washington is eulogized by Colonel Henry Lee as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen". [1]