1799

events

politics

• 19. March: In the Helveti republic Franconia is created as currency.
• 15. July: Find of the Rosettasteins in Egypt
• 9. November: Fall of the French board of directors after the coup d'etat 18. Brumaire VIII
• 10. November: Napoléon Bonaparte is appointed by the trunk parliament under pressure of the military the first consul
• 24. December: The condition of the consulate (condition of the yearly VIII) comes into force. End of the French revolution

science

• 10. December - France decides as the first country for the metric system and keeps the Urmeter from platinum
• Alessandro Volta switches galvanic elements into series (Voltasäule or cup apparatus called)

disasters

• 20. February: the Blackbrook dam with Blackbrook and Shepshed in Leicestershire, Great Britain breaks
• 14. May: The gas CO dam at the river, under construction Guadarrama with Galapagar close Madrid in Spain breaks

culture

• 3. January: Premiere of the opera Falstaff ossia Le tre Burle of Antonio Salieri at the theatre at the Kärntnertor in Vienna
• 23. February: Premiere of the opera La Punition of Luigi Cherubini at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris
• 21. March: Premiere of the opera thank feeling of a saving of Johann Nepomuk Hummel
• 15. April: Premiere of the opera Montano et Stéphanie of Henri Montan Berton to the Opéra Comique in Paris
• 14. June: Premiere of the opera La Nouvelle outer camp ou Le Cri de vengeance of Henri Montan Berton at the Opéra Comique in Paris
• 30. August: Premiere of the opera L'Amour bizarre ou Les pro jet dérangés of Henri Montan Berton to the Opéra Comique in of Paris
• 7. December: Premiere of the opera Le Délire ou Les Suites d'une erreur born of Henri Montan Berton to the Opéra Comique in

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• 1. January: Johann Eduard Heuchler, German architectand building masters († 1879)
• 1. January: William Eisenlohr, German physicist († 1872)
• 17. January: Matthias Deymann, German lawyer and politician († 1871)
• 23. January: Alois Negrelli of Moldelbe, Austrian engineer († 1858)
• 26. January: Benoît Clapeyron, French physicist († 1864)
• 26. January: Samuel Gobat, Protestant bishop von Jerusalem († 1879)
• 31. January: Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss draughtsman and Novellist († 1846)
• 5. February: John Lindley (Botaniker), English Botaniker († 1865)
• 16. February: Heinrich of Kittlitz, Ornithologe, natural scientist, traveler, draughtsman († 1874)
• 17. February: Carl Julian of Graba, modern Färöer researcher († 1874)
• 19. February: Ferdinand realm, German chemist and physicist († 1882)
• 23. February: Heinrich Friedrich of Itzenplitz, Prussian statesman, scientist and lawyer († 1883)
• 24. February: Siegfried stretch, German music theoretician and counterpoint teacher († 1858)
• 27. February: Edward Belcher, English polar researcher († 1877)
• 27. February: Frederick Catherwood, British architect, painter, archaeologist and explorer († 1854)
• 28. February: Ignaz of Döllinger, catholic theologian († 1890)
• 7. March: František Ladislav Čelakovský, Czech poet, journalist, translator († 1852)
• 8. March: Simon Cameron, US-American politician and war Minister († 1889)
• 21. March: Heinrich God-dear Follen, German music scientist and composer († 1876)
• 22. March: Friedrich William August Argelander, German astronomer († 1875)
• 26. March: Adolf of Zerzog, German politician († 1880)
• 28. March: Carl von Basedow, German physician († 1854)
• 29. March: Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14. Earl OF Derby, British prime minister († 1869)
• 30. March: August Tholuck, German Protestant theologian († 1877)
• 9. April: Peter Joseph rotting man, hunsrücker dialect poet († 1881)
• 12. April: Daniel Henri Druey, Swiss attorney, philosopher and Upper House of Parliament († 1855)
• 13. April: Ludwig Rellstab (poet), German journalist, music critic and poet († 1860)
• 15. April: Franz George Stammann, German architect († 1871)
• 23. April: Ferdinand of Westphalen, Prussian Minister of the Interior from 1850 to 1858 († 1876)
• 10. May: William Adolf Lette, German social politician and lawyer († 1868)
• 12. May: Ferdinand Fellner (painter), German painter(† 1859)
• 15. May: Hermann William Bödeker, Evangelist minister († 1875)
• 20. May: Honoré de Balzac, French writer († 1850)
• 21. May: Mary Anning, is regarded as one the first Paläontologinnen(† 1847)
• 26. May: August Kopisch, schlesischer painter and writer († 1853)
• 26. May: Felipe Poey, natural scientist († 1891)
• 26. May: Thomas's fount houses, Swiss ministers, journalist and people writer († 1856)
• 27. May: Fromental Halévy, composer († 1862)
• 30. May: Ferdo Livadic, Croatian composer († 1879)
• 6. June: Alexander Sergejewitsch Puschkin, Russian author and poet († 1837)
• 11. June: Ludwig WilliamAnton Pernice, German lawyers († 1861)
• 12. June: Josiah Harlan, US-American travelers and adventurers and king in Afghanistan († 1871)
• 17. June: David Douglas, gardner, Botaniker and plant hunter († 1905)
• 18. June: William leaving, British astronomer († 1880)
• 4. July: András Bartay, Hungarian composer († 1854)
• 4. July: Oskar I., King of Sweden and Norway († 1859)
• 22. July: Pauline Marie Jaricot, Foundress of the work of the faith spreading († 1862)
• 24. July: Eduard Dohlhoff, physician and Medizinalrat († 1852)
• 11. August: Joachim edge of bar, French geologist, paleontologist and engineer († 1883)
• 15. August: William figure eight man, German sculptor († 1884)
• 17. August: Robert von Mohl, German state scientist († 1875)
• 20. August: Heinrich of Gagern, liberal of German politicians († 1880)
• 8. September: James Bowman Lindsay, inventor, physicistas well as astronomer († 1862)
• 19. September: René Caillié, French Africa researcher († 1838)
• 29. September: Franz Christian Naunyn, lawyer and mayor of Berlin († 1860)
• 4. October: Vincenz Priessnitz, farmer and nature-sound(† 1851)
• 18. October: Christian Friedrich beautiful leg, GermanSwiss chemist († 1868)
• 23. October: Gottfried William Lehmann, one of the establishment fathers of the German Baptisten († 1882)
• 14. November: Carl Heinrich Behn, royally DanishBudget advice († 1853)
• 29. November: Amos Bronson Alcott, US-American writer and paedagogue († 1888)
• 16. December: George Friedrich Schlatter, Evangelist minister, chairman by seniority of the revolution parliament of Baden († 1875)
• 21. December: David Don,British Botaniker († 1841)
• 25. December: Manuel Bulnes Prieto, Chilean politician and general († 1866)
• 27. December: Estébanez Calderón, Spanish writer († 1867)

died

• 6. January: William George Friedrichof Oranien Nassau, second son of the hereditary governor Wilhelm V. the Netherlands (* 1774)
• 9. January: Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Mathematikerin, Philantrophin (* 1718)
• 22. January: Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Schweizer natural scientist (* 1740)
• 25. January: George Heinrich Sieveking, entrepreneur, reconnaissance aircraft (* 1751)
• 1. February: Ferdinand Kobell, painter, Kupferstecher (* 1740)
• 6. February: Etienne Louis Boullée, French architect (* 1728)
• 7. February: Qianlong, emperor ofChina (* 1711)
• 9. February: Giovanni Archinto, cardinal of the catholic church (* 1725)
• 12. February: Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian scientist (* 1729)
• 16. February: Karl Theodor (Pfalz), cure prince of the Pfalz andby Bavaria (* 1724)
• 18. February: Johannes Hedwig, German Botaniker and physician (* 1730)
• 20. February: Jean Charles Borda, French mathematician and sailor (* 1733)
• 20. February: George Christian Unger, architectand building master Friedrichs of the large one (* 1743)
• 24. February: George Christoph Lichtenberg, German scientist (* 1742)
• 18. March: Adam Friedrich Oeser, German painter and sculptor (* 1717)
• 29. March: Helena Dorothea ofBeautiful mountain, German manor lady and Unternehmerin (* 1729)
• 5. April: Johann Christoph Gatterer, historian (* 1727)
• 19. April: Pieter Hellendaal, Netherlands composer, organist and Violinist (* 1721)
• 18. May: Pierre Augustin Caronde Beaumarchais, French dramatist (* 1732)
• 18. June: Johann André, German musician, composer and music publisher (* 1741)
• 28. July: Johann George Distler, Austrian violonist and composer (* 1765)
• 6. August: MarcusElieser Bloch, German Ichthyologe (* 1723)
• 7. August: John Bacon D. A., British sculptor (* 1740)
• 15. August: Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, French general (* 1769)
• 17. August: Christian Heinrich Spiess, writerin the area of the trivial novel (* 1755)
• 21. August: Johann Julius whale tree, German physician, natural scientist, zoologist and Taxonom (* 1724)
• 23. August: Simon Louis you Ry, masters of building of upper yards and architect (* 1726)
• 29. August: Pius VI., Pope from 1775 to 1799 (* 1717)
• 31. August: Nicolas Henri Jardin, French architect (* 1720)
• 7. September: January Ingenhousz, Dutch physician and Botaniker (* 1730)
• 5. October: JohannWilliam Cramer, Violinist and conductor (* 1746)
• 6. October: William Withering, physician (* 1741)
• 17. October: Johann George fitter, German lawyer, statesman and translator (* 1739)
• 23. October: Joseph of Batthyány, around church and State of high-earned Hungarian Prälat (* 1727)
• 24. October: Carl Ditters of Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (* 1739)
• 10. November: Joseph Black, Scottish physicist and chemist (* 1728)
• 10. November: Johann Christian's of fire, actor and dramatic poet (* 1735)
• 3. December: NIC louse Friedrich of riser, last Schult-hot old Berne (* 1729)
• 12. December: František Xaver Dušek, Czech composer, Cembalist, pianist (* 1731)
• 14. December: George Washington, US-amerikanischer politician, 1. President of the USA (* 1732)
• 31. December: Louis Jean Marie Daubenton, French natural scientist (* 1716)