1798 - What happened in 1798 ?

March 1798

Wednesday 07:

The French army enters in Rome: the birth of the Roman Republic

April 1798

Saturday 07:

The Mississippi Territory is organized from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina and is later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain.

May 1798

Thursday 24:

Irish nationalists rebel against British forces, believing that French troops were going to invade Ireland.

June 1798

Tuesday 05:

Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.

Wednesday 13:

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is founded.

Thursday 21:

Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at Battle of Vinegar Hill

July 1798

Saturday 07:

Quasi-War: The U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the 'war.'

Wednesday 11:

The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.

Saturday 14:

The Sedition Act becomes United States law making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.

August 1798

Wednesday 01:

Battle of the Nile starts between French and British fleets.

Thursday 02:

Second Coalition: The Battle of the Nile between French and British navies ends with a British victory.

Wednesday 22:

French troops land in County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone's United Irishmen's Irish Rebellion

September 1798

Monday 03:

Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.

Monday 10:

At the Battle of St. George, British Honduras defeats Spain.