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Year 1799 (MDCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday ^[1]of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends King George III ascends the British throne in 1760. Events and trends For more events see 18th century United States Declaration of Independence ratified by the Continental Congress Events and trends 1783 First manned Hot air balloon invented in France. Events and trends French Revolution ( 1789 - 1799) It is considered to have effectively ended on November 9, 1799 when Events and Trends End of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe (1803 - 1815 Events and trends Nationalistic independence helped reshape the world during this decade Greece gains independence from the Ottoman Empire This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the The year 1799 in architecture involved some significant events List of years in Art Events Works See also Jacques-Louis David - The Intervention of the Sabine Women Anne-Louis See also 1798 in literature, other events of 1799, 1800 in literature, List of years in literature. Events Works published Thomas Campbell, "The Pleasures of Hope" Births A See also 1798 in music, other events of 1799, 1800 in music and the List of 'years in music'. The year 1799 in Science and Technology involved many significant events listed below See also 1798 in Australia other events of 1799, 1800 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. See also 1798 in Canada, other events of 1799, 1800 in Canada and the List of 'years in Canada'. Incumbents Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory 1798 state leaders - Events of 1799 - 1800 state leaders - State leaders by year ----- Africa Ashanti Confederacy 1798 colonial governors - Events of 1799 - 1800 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year ----- Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Tuesday ( Dominical letter F) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Saturday ( Dominical letter B) The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita

Contents 1 Events of 1799 1.1 January - June 1.2 July - December 1.3 Undated 1.4 Ongoing events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Notes

Events of 1799

January - June

• January 9 - British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 &ndash 23 January 1806 was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The shilling is a unit of Currency used in current and former Commonwealth countries and was continued to be used in countries that left the commonwealth The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions
• March 1 - Federalist James Ross becomes President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant The Federalist Party (or Federal Party) was an American political party in the period 1792 to 1816 with remnants lasting into the 1820s James Ross ( July 12, 1762 – November 27, 1847) was a lawyer and senator from Pennsylvania from 1794 to 1803 The President pro tempore of the Senate is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate and the highest-ranking senator
• March 7 - Napoleon captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Jaffa يَافَا;(יָפוֹ Yafo; also Japho, Joppa) is an ancient Port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics.
• March 22 - Roddy McCorley executed in the town of Toomebridge by the British for his part in the Irish Rebellion of 1798
• March 29 - New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state. Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Roddy McCorley ( Irish: Rodaí Mac Corlaí)(d March 22 1799) was a United Irishman and a participant in the Irish Rebellion of Toome (in Irish: Tuaim, ie pagan burial place also called Toomebridge) is a small Village in County Antrim, bordering County Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another
• May 4 - Tippu Sultan defeated and killed in Battle of Seringapatam by the British. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1799 the Battle of Srirangapatna was the final confrontation between the British and Tippu Sultan, the Tiger

July - December

• July 7 - Ranjit Singh's men had taken their positions outside Lahore. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Maharaja Ranjit Singh (ਮਹਾਰਾਜਾ ਰਣਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ also called "Sher-e-Punjab" ("The Lion of the Punjab" (1780-1839 was a
• July 12- Ranjit Singh the Great conquers Lahore and becomes ruler of the Punjab. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre.
• July 15 - In the Egyptian port city of Rosetta, French Captain Pierre Bouchard finds the Rosetta Stone. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Rosetta (رشيد Rashid) is a Port city on the Mediterranean coast in Egypt. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Rosetta Stone is an Ancient Egyptian artifact (حجر رشيد in Arabic which was instrumental in advancing modern understanding of hieroglyphic writing
• July 25 - At Aboukir in Egypt, Napoleon Bonaparte defeats 10,000 Ottoman Mamluk troops under Mustafa Pasha. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Abū Qīr ( Arabic أبو قير (also Abukir or Aboukir) is a village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, 23 kilometers (14 This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish
• August 27 - British and Russian expedition to the Batavian Republic (now the Netherlands). Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The Batavian Republic (Bataafse Republiek was the successor of the Republic of the United Netherlands. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands
• August 30 - British forces under Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell capture the entire Dutch fleet. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, KB (sometimes spelled Abercrombie ( 7 October 1734 &ndash 28 March 1801) was
• October 6 - Franco Dutch forces defeat the Russo British expedition force in the battle of Castricum
• October 9 - Sinking of HMS Lutine, a famous treasure wreck. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus The Battle of Castricum ( October 6, 1799) saw a Franco-Dutch force defeat an Anglo-Russian force near Castricum, Netherlands Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Acquisition of the Lutine See also Siege of Toulon On 27 September 1793 the authorities in Toulon surrendered the city naval dockyards arsenal
• October 18 - Capitulation of Anglo-Russian expedition forces in Holland. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid
• November 9 - Napoleon overthrows the French Directory. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. The Executive Directory ( Directoire exécutif) was a body of 5 single-male Directors that held executive power in France following
• December - A new constitution is approved in a plebiscite in France. A referendum (plural referendums or referenda) ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• December - Napoleon becomes First Consul. Events in December Union Day of Romania (1 December World AIDS Day ( December 1) National Day of Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. First Consul (Premier Consul was a title used by Napoleon Bonaparte following his seizure of power in France.
• December 14 - George Washington, the first President of the United States, dies in Mount Vernon, Virginia. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Mount Vernon is a Census-designated place (CDP in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

Undated

• The Place Royale in Paris is renamed Place des Vosges when the Department of Vosges becomes the first to pay new Revolutionary taxes. The Place des Vosges is the oldest square in Paris. It is located in Le Marais, and is part of the 3rd and 4th arrondissements
• The American System of manufacturing is invented. The American system of Manufacturing involves semi-skilled labor using Machine tools and templates (or jigs ' to make standardized identical
• The small town of Tignish, PE, Canada is founded. Tignish is a relatively small Fishing Community located in western Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada Prince Edward Island (ˌprɪns ˌɛdwɚd ˈaɪlɨnd ( PEI or P Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
• 12 year old Conrad John Reed finds what he described as a "heavy yellow rock" along Little Meadow Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina and makes it a doorstop in his home. For the Spanish financier see François Cabarrus. Cabarrus County is a County located in the south-central part of the U North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States Conrad's father John Reed learns that the rock is actually gold in 1802, initiating the first gold rush in the United States. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the
• The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu, Tukuʻaho, plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war. In Tonga, the Tui Kanokupolu is a Title held by the chief of the House of Tupou, currently the Royal House of Tonga The Kingdom of Tonga is an Archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean comprising 169 islands 36 of them inhabited stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 miles
• Nawab (provincial governor) of Oudh in northern India sends to George III of England the Padshahnama, official history of the reign of Shah Jahan. A Nawab or Nawaab ( Urdu: نواب Hindi: नवाब was originally the Subedar (provincial governor or viceroy of a For the Oudh tree see Agarwood. Awadh ( Hindi: अवध Urdu: اودھ) also known in various British historical texts as Oudh India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country George III (George William Frederick 4 June 1738 George III's long reign was marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdom much of the rest of Europe and places Shihab-ud-din Muhammad Shah Jahan I (full title Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram Abu'l-Muzaffar Shihab ud-din Muhammad Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani Shah Jahan I Padshah Ghazi

Ongoing events

• French Revolution (1789-1799)
• French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)-Second Coalition/Egyptian Campaign
• Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815)-Second Coalition/Egyptian Campaign

Births

1799 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1799 MDCCXCIX
Ab urbe condita	2552
Armenian calendar	1248 ԹՎ ՌՄԽԸ
Bahá'í calendar	-45 – -44
Berber calendar	2749
Buddhist calendar	2343
Burmese calendar	1161
Chinese calendar	4435/4495-11-26 (戊午年十一月廿六日) — to — 4436/4496-12-6 (己未年十二月初六日)
Coptic calendar	1515 – 1516
Ethiopian calendar	1791 – 1792
Hebrew calendar	5559 – 5560
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1854 – 1855
- Shaka Samvat	1721 – 1722
- Kali Yuga	4900 – 4901
Holocene calendar	11799
Iranian calendar	1177 – 1178
Islamic calendar	1213 – 1214
Japanese calendar	Kansei 11 (寛政11年)
Korean calendar	4132
Thai solar calendar	2342
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• January 6 - Jedediah Smith, American fur trapper and explorer (d. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts from 1792 until 1802 fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the The " Second Coalition " ( 1799 &ndash 1802) was the second attempt by other European powers to contain or eliminate Revolutionary The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The " Second Coalition " ( 1799 &ndash 1802) was the second attempt by other European powers to contain or eliminate Revolutionary The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Tenmei and before Kyōwa. This period spanned the years from 1789 through 1801. The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Jedediah Strong Smith (born January 6, 1799 — presumed date of death May 27, 1831) was a hunter, trapper, Fur trader 1831)
• January 31 - Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, and artist (d. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Rodolphe Töpffer ( January 31, 1799 - June 8, 1846) was a Swiss Teacher, Author, painter, Cartoonist 1846)
• February 4 - Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (d. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett 1st Viscount of Almeida Garrett, pron 1854)
• February 11 - Basil Moreau, founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (d. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. The Blessed Father Basil Anthony Marie Patrice Moreau CSC ( February 11, 1799 &ndash January 20, 1873) was the French 1873)
• March 8 - Simon Cameron, American politician (d. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Simon Cameron ( March 8, 1799 &ndash June 26, 1889) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of 1889)
• March 20 - Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Karl August Nicander ( March 20 1799 — February 7 1839) is a Swedish lyric poet. 1839)
• March 28 - Karl Adolph von Basedow, a German physician, famous for reporting the symptoms of Graves-Basedow disease. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Karl Adolph von Basedow ( March 28, 1799 – April 11, 1854) was a German Physician most famous for reporting the symptoms The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health (d. 1854)
• March 29 - Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward Smith-Stanley redirects here for other persons with that name see Edward Stanley Lord Stanley The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1869)
• April 12 - Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Daniel-Henri Druey ( April 12, 1799 - March 29, 1855) was a Swiss politician of the 19th century and a founding father of constitutional 1855)
• April 17 - Eliza Acton, English cookery writer (d. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Elizabeth 'Eliza' Acton (17 April 1799 - 13 February 1859 was an English poet and cook who produced one of the country's first cookbooks aimed at the domestic reader rather 1859)
• May 13 - Catherine Gore, English author (d. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Catherine Grace Frances Gore (Moody ( 1799 - January 29, 1861) was a British Novelist and Dramatist, daughter of a wine merchant at 1861)
• May 20- Honoré de Balzac, French author (d. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held 1850)
• May 21 - Mary Anning, British paleontologist (d. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Mary Anning ( May 21, 1799 &ndash March 9, 1847) was an early British Fossil collector and paleontologist. 1847)
• June 6 - Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian author (d. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year 1837)
• June 18 - Prosper Ménière, French physician (d. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Prosper Ménière ( June 18, 1799 &ndash February 7, 1862) born in Angers, France. 1862)
• July 4 - King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (d. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Oscar I, born Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte ( July 4, 1799, Paris &ndash July 8, 1859, Stockholm 1859)
• September 8 - James Bowman Lindsay, Scottish inventor (d. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz James Bowman Lindsay ( September 8 1799 - June 29 1862) was a Scottish inventor and author 1862)
• September 10 - George Willison Adams, American abolitionist (d. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Prospect Place (also known as Trinway Mansion is the 29-room mansion built by abolitionist George Willison Adams just north of Dresden Ohio in 1856 1879)
• November 1 - Thomas Baldwin Marsh, American religious leader (d. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Thomas Baldwin Marsh ( November 1, 1799 – January 1866 was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of The Quorum 1866)
• December 30 - David Douglas, Scottish botanist (d. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St David Douglas ( June 25, 1799 &ndash July 12, 1834) was a Scottish Botanist. 1834)
• date unknown
  • Alexei Lvov, Russian composer (d. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Prince Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov (Russian Алексей Фёдорович Львов) ( June 5 1799 &ndash December 28 1870) was 1870)
  • Patrick MacDowell, Irish sculptor (d. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Patrick MacDowell RA ( August 12, 1799 &ndash December 9, 1870) was a sculptor from Belfast. 1870)
  • James Townsend Saward, English barrister and forger
  • John Brown Russwurm, American abolitionist (d. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common James Townsend Saward (born 1799 was a Victorian English Barrister and forger also known by the nickname of Jim the Penman. John Brown Russwurm (1799-1851 was an African American Abolitionist from Jamaica known for his newspaper Freedom's Journal. 1851)

See also Category: 1799 births. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year

Deaths

• January 9 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (b. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Maria Gaetana Agnesi ( May 16, 1718 - January 9, 1799) was an Italian linguist mathematician and philosopher 1718)
• January 26 - Gabriel Christie, British general (b. Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Gabriel Christie ( 16 September 1722 &ndash 26 January 1799) was a British Army General from Montreal, Canada 1722)
• February 6 - Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (b. Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Étienne-Louis Boullée ( February 12, 1728 — February 4, 1799) was a visionary French neoclassical Architect 1728)
• February 7 - Qianlong Emperor of China (b. Year 1728 ( MDCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Emperor Qianlong (Chinese 乾隆 Qiánlóng, Wade-Giles' Ch'ien-Lung', Mongolian Tengeriig Tetgesen Khaan, born Hongli (弘历 September 1711)
• February 19 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. Year 1711 ( MDCCXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Jean-Charles chevalier de Borda ( May 4, 1733 – February 19, 1799) was a French Mathematician, Physicist 1733)
• March 22 - Roddy McCorley, Irish republican
• May 4 - Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (b. Year 1733 ( MDCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Roddy McCorley ( Irish: Rodaí Mac Corlaí)(d March 22 1799) was a United Irishman and a participant in the Irish Rebellion of Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV 1750)
• May 19 - Pierre Beaumarchais, French writer (b. Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (24 January 1732 &ndash 18 May 1799 was a watch-maker inventor musician politician fugitive spy publisher arms-dealer and revolutionary 1732)
• May 26 - James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place James Burnett Lord Monboddo ( October 25, 1714 - May 26, 1799) was a Scottish Judge, scholar of language evolution and 1714)
• May 31 - Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (b. Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. There was also a French naval admiral Lemonnier Pierre Charles Le Monnier ( November 23, 1715 &ndash May 31, 1799 1715)
• June 6 - Patrick Henry, American revolutionary politician (b. Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Patrick Henry ( May 29, 1736 June 6, 1799) was a prominent figure in the American Revolution, known and remembered for his " 1736)
• August 2 - Jacques Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor (b. Year 1736 ( MDCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Joseph-Michel Montgolfier ( 26 August 1740 – 26 June 1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier ( 6 January 1745 1744)
• August 4 - John Bacon, British sculptor (b. Year 1744 ( MDCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. John Bacon ( November 24, 1740 &ndash August 4, 1799) was a British sculptor. 1740)
• August 5 - Richard Howe, British admiral (b. Year 1740 ( MDCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe KG ( 8 March, 1726 &ndash 5 August, 1799) was a British Admiral, notable in particular 1726)
• August 29 - Pope Pius VI (b. Year 1726 ( MDCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Pope Pius VI (December 27 1717 &ndash August 29 1799 born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, Pope from 1775 to 1799 was born at Cesena. 1717)
• August 31 - Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (b. Year 1717 ( MDCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Nicolas-Henri Jardin ( March 22, 1720 &ndash August 31, 1799) neoclassical Architect was born in St 1720)
• September 7 - Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (b. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. 1717)
• October 6 - William Withering, British physician (b. Year 1717 ( MDCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus William Withering ( March 17, 1741, Wellington, Shropshire October 6, 1799) was an English Botanist 1741)
• October 24 - Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (b. Year 1741 ( MDCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat August Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ( November 2, 1739 &ndash October 24, 1799) was an Austrian Composer and Violinist 1739)
• December 14 - George Washington, first President of the United States (b. Year 1739 ( MDCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1732)
• December 18 - Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Jean-Étienne Montucla ( September 5, 1725 &ndash December 18, 1799) was a French Mathematician. 1725)
• December 31 - Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Jean-François Marmontel ( July 11, 1723 &ndash December 31, 1799) was a French Historian and Writer, a member 1723)

See also Category: 1799 deaths. Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

Notes

1. ^ "Calendar in year 1799 (Russia)" (full Julian calendar), Steffen Thorsen, Time and Date AS, 2007, webpage: Julian-1799 (Russia used the Julian calendar until 1919). Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

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