1798

events

politics

• 4. January: The Republic of Mülhausen is correct for its entry to France.
• 9. January:The splendour ship of the venezianischen Dogen, which Bucentaur, destroyed by soldier Napoléons completely, which overrate the value of the laid on gold foil.
• 24. January: The “Révolution vaudoise” is the prelude for the independence of the canton Waadt.
• 15. February: France destroys the church state and establishes „the Roman republic”.
• 5. March: Bernese troops place themselves at the grey wood (general of Erlach) and in Neuenegg (general of Graffenried) to the French armies (generals looking castle and Masséna). The old Republic of Berne goes down.
• 12. April: Proclaiming the Helveti republic, after since the turn of the year 1797/1798 revolutions in different cantons of the old persons confederation had broken and had broken in French troops off. The Helveti republic receives its condition.
• 1. May: Ofthe Frenchman occupied linksrheinische area leads the national person condition nature one
• May: Napoléon starts with a French army of 40,000 men to Egypt
• 24. July: Napoléon defeats the Egyptian army and pulls in Cairo
• a 1. August:The British admiral Horatio Nelson destroys the French fleet in the Nile delta
• 8. November: The British captain John Fearn discovers the island Nauru
• 23. December: King Ferdinand IV., Ruler in the Kingdom of Neapel, flees before moving forward French troopsto Sicilies.
• Georgia forbids as the last US Federal States the slave trade, only the trade, the use of slaves is further possible.
• England strikes a rebellion in Ireland bloodily down
• Napoléon occupies the island Malta and drives those out there resident knightthe Malteserordens

science

• Henry Cavendish developed its procedure for the measurement of the gravitation constant
• Goethe gives the first number of the periodic writing Propyläen out (organ for the opinions that Weimar classical period)

culture

• 6. July: Premierethe opera the spirit island of Johann Friedrich Reichardt at the yard opera Berlin
• 25. July: Premiere of the opera L'Hôtellerie portugaise of Luigi Cherubini at the Théâtre Feydeau in of Paris
• 5. August: Premiere of the opera Le rendezvous supposé ou Le Souperde famille of Henri Montan Berton at the Opéra Comique in Paris
• 12. June: Premiere of the opera „the second part of the magic flute “of Emanuel Schikaneder/Peter von Winter in the free house theatre Vienna

• Friedrich Schiller writes the Ballade „the endorsement “

Born

• 4. January: William Arnoldi, bishop von Trier († 1864)
• 6. January: Melchior of Diepenbrock, cardinal and prince bishop von Breslau († 1853)
• 14. January: Isaäc there Costa, Dutch poet and writer († 1860)
• 14. January: Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Netherlands statesman († 1872)
• 24. January: Karl George Christian von Staudt, German mathematician († 1867)
• 26. January: Albert August William Deetz, Prussian soldier and delegate(† 1859)
• 31. January: Carl God-dear rice winners, composer and Hofkapellmeister in Dresden († 1859)
• 31. January: Henriette of until-sing, German Erzählerin († 1879)
• 1. February: Franz knight of house lab, old-Austrian generaland Kartograph († 1883)
• 19. February: Augusts Comte, founder of the sociology († 1857)
• 18. March: Joseph Chmel, Austrian Augustiner Chorherr and historian († 1858)
• 22. March: Eduard goose, German lawyer, right philosopher andHistorian († 1839)
• 23. March: William Hey, German fable poet and singer-songwriter († 1854)
• 25. March: Christoph Gudermann, German mathematician († 1852)
• 30. March: Luise Hensel, German Dichterin († 1876)
• 2. April: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German Germanist and poet († 1874)
• 3. April: Charles Wilkes, US-American naval officer and polar researcher († 1877)
• 15. April: Ludwig yard field, Evangelist theologian († 1828)
• 18. April: Antonio Rolla, Italian violin virtuoso († 1837)
• 24. April: Karl von Holtei, German writer, actor and theatre leader († 1880)
• 26. April: Eugène Delacroix, French painter († 1863)
• 5. May: Christian Friedrich shears mountain, German poet († 1881)
• 6. May: Heinrich of Quintus Icilius, German administrative lawyer and politician († 1861)
• 19. May: Antonio Rolla, Italian violin virtuoso († 1837)
• 20. May: Heinrich August WilliamProud, German Stenograf († 1867)
• 22. May: Alexander MacDonnell, Irish chess master († 1835)
• 23. May: Ludwig Benjamin Henz, German railway engineer († 1860)
• 28. May: Josef the-sourly, Austrian composer († 1876)
• 13. June: Christian Bähr, Altphilologe († 1872)
• 14. June: František Palacký, Czech historian and politician († 1876)
• 21. June: Wolfgang Menzel, German poet of the late romance († 1873)
• 29. June: Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet († 1837)
• 29. June: Willibald Alexis, German writer and poet († 1871)
• 13. July: Charlotte of Prussia, Russian Zarin († 1860)
• 14. July: Alessandro Antonelli, ItalianArchitect († 1888)
• 15. July: Alexander Michailowitsch Gortschakow, Russian statesman († 1883)
• 16. July: Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, German explorers († 1868)
• 25. July: Albert Knapp, German poet († 1864)
• 29. July: Carl sheet metals, German landscape painter († 1840)
• 15. August: Henry de Labouchère, 1. Baron Taunton, British statesman († 1869)
• 15. August: W. O. Horn, German writer († 1867)
• 20. August: Paul Wilhelm Eduard sprinkler, Austrian architect († 1854)
• 21. August: Jules Michelet, French historian († 1874)
• 25. August: Henrik Hertz, Danish writer († 1870)
• 28. August: Harro Paul Harring,In a revolutionary manner, poets and painters († 1870)
• 31. August: George Friedrich Puchta, German lawyer († 1846)
• 1. September: Jean Augustin Franquelin, French painter († 1839)
• 4. September: Hippolyte Dussard, French Wirtschaftswissenschafter (VWL)(† 1876)
• 8. September: Bonaventura Genelli, German painter and commercial artist († 1868)
• 9. September: Joseph Anselm fire brook, archaeologist and professor of the philology († 1851)
• 11. September: Franz Ernst Neumann, German physicist(† 1895)
• 17. September: Antonio Benedetto Antonucci, cardinal of the catholic church († 1879)
• 25. September: Henry Scheffer, French painter († 1862)
• 28. September: Buonaventura Genelli, German painter, draughtsman and Kupferstecher († 1868)
• 2. October: Carlo Alberto I., King of Piemont Sardinien and duke of Savoyen († 1849)
• 7. October: Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, French playing the violin farmer († 1875)
• 8. October: Karl Ludwig of bridge, AustrianPolitician († 1860)
• 12. October: Peter IV., King of Portugal, emperor of Brazil († 1834)
• 13. October: Herman William bites, Danish sculptor († 1868)
• 22. October: Jodocus Donatus Hubertus Temme, GermanPolitician, lawyer and writer († 1881)
• 24. October: Massimo D'Azeglio, Italian writer, painter and politician († 1866)
• 26. October: Beda webers, writers, theologian and delegate of the Frankfurt national assembly († 1858)
• 1. November: Sebastian Gutzwiller, Native of Alsace painter († 1872)
• 5. November: Maria Carolina of Bourbon Sicilies, oldest daughter king Franz' I. of Neapel († 1870)
• 15. November: Karl von Moltke, Danish politician († 1866)
• 23. November: Robert Oettel, founder dt. Race poultry breeding († 1884)
• 25. November: Friedrich Karl von Prittwitz, Russian major general († 1849)
• 13. December: Leopold August warning king, Hofrath, universal scholar and archaeologist († 1861)
• 18. December: Heinrich Smidt, German writer († 1867)
• 20. December: Friedrich Robert pale man, German estnischer Philologe († 1850)
• 24. December: Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet († 1855)

• Sojourner Truth, US-American Abolitionistin and Frauenrechtlerin († 1883)
• Edward Turner, English chemist († 1837)

died

• 20. January: Christian Cannabich, German Violinist, Kapellmeister, composer (* 1731)
• 26. January: Christian God praise Neefe, German composer, organist, Kapellmeister and music scientist (* 1748)
• 11. February: Karl William Ramler, German poet and philosopher/philosopher (* 1725)
• 12. February: Stanislaus II. August (Poland), last king of Poland (* 1732)
• 13. February: William Heinrich Wackenroder, German lawyerand writers (* 1773)
• 5. March: Karl Ludwig von Erlach, Schweizer general (* 1746)
• 9. April: Josef Friedrich William, prince of Hohenzollern Hechingen
• 10. May: George Vancouver, British officer of the Royal Navy and discoverers(* 1757)
• 14. May: David Ruhnken, Netherlands scholar (* 1723)
• 14. May: Carl God-dear Svarez, Prussian lawyer and Justizreformer (* 1746)
• 16. May: Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, Numismatiker (* 1737)
• 25. May: Asmus Carstens, painter (* 1754)
• 4. June: Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (* 1725)
• 24. June: Marie Christine of Austria, ore duchess (* 1742)
• 1. July: Johann FriedrichMende, German machine-builder (* 1743)
• 15. July: Gaetano Pugnani, Italian Violinist and composer (* 1731)
• 21. July: Charles Joseph de Croix, count Clerfait, Austrian field marshal (* 1733)
• 1. August: François Paul Brueysd'Aigalliers, commander of the French fleet in the battle with Abukir (* 1753)
• 1. August: Aristide Aubert Dupetit Thouars, French admiral and sailor (* 1760)
• 11. September: Ulrich Bräker, Swiss writer (* 1735)
• 15. September: Michael Gröll, ethnic Germans printers, publisher and author (* 1722)
• 5. October: Antoine de Chézy, French hydraulic engineer (* 1718)
• 10. November: Gabriel Lenkiewicz, medal general
• 26. November: Friedrich Albrecht Carl Gren, German chemist (* 1760)
• 1. December: Christian Garve, Philisoph (* 1742)
• 4. December: Luigi Galvani, physician, Anatom and bio physicist (* 1737)
• 9. December: Johann Reinhold Forster, German scientist (* 1729)
• 16. December: Thomas Pennant, walisischer scientist, Ornithologe and antiquity researcher (* 1726)
• 19. December: Charles Joseph Panckoucke, French writer and publisher (* 1736)