February 15 – U.S. Representative
Roger Griswold (Fed-CT) beats Congressman
Matthew Lyon (Dem-Rep-VT) with a cane after the House declines to censure Lyon earlier spitting in Griswold's face; the House declines to discipline either man.[1]
March – the
Irish Rebellion of 1798 begins when the Irish
Militia arrest the leadership of the
Society of United Irishmen,[2] a group unique amongst
Irish republican and
nationalist movements in that it unifies Catholics and Protestants (Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and others) around republican ideals. This month,
Lord Castlereagh is appointed Acting
Chief Secretary for Ireland and on
March 30martial law is proclaimed here. The first battles in the rebellion are fought on
May 24 and it continues through September, but the rebels receive much less than the expected support from France, which sends only 1,100 men.
April 7 – The
Mississippi Territory is organized by the United States, from territory ceded by
Georgia and
South Carolina; later it is twice expanded, to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain (which acquired territory in trade with Great Britain).[1]
May 9 –
Napoleon sets off for
Toulon, sailing aboard Vice-Admiral
Brueys's flagship
L'Orient; his
squadron is part of a larger fleet of over 300 vessels, carrying almost 37,000 troops.[5]
June 18 – The first of the four
Alien and Sedition Acts, the
Naturalization Act of 1798, is signed into law by U.S. President Adams, requiring immigrants to wait 14 years rather than five years to become naturalized citizens of the United States. On June 25, another law is signed authorizing the imprisonment and deportation of any non-citizens deemed to be dangerous.[1]
October 2 – The
Cherokee nation signs a
treaty with the United States allowing free passage through Cherokee lands in Tennessee through the
Cumberland Gap through the Appalachian Mountains from Virginia into Kentucky.[1]
December 5 –
Peasants War in the Southern Netherlands: The revolt is crushed in
Hasselt; during the uprising it is estimated that 5,000 to 10,000 people have been killed.
^
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^Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1798". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
^Curlin, James S. (2010). "«Remember the Moment when Previsa fell»: The 1798 Battle of Nicopolis and Preveza". Preveza B. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium for the History and Culture of Preveza (16–20 September 2009). Vol. I. Preveza: University of Ioannina, Municipality of Preveza, Actia Nicopolis Foundation. pp. 265–296.
ISBN978-960-99475-1-0.
^Chandler, Charles L. (June 1953). "Catholic Merchants of Early Philadelphia". Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. 64 (2): 94–103.
JSTOR44210305.
^Clement, Russell (1996). Four French symbolists: a sourcebook on Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Gustave Moreau, Odilon Redon, and Maurice Denis. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.
ISBN9780313297526.
February 15 – U.S. Representative
Roger Griswold (Fed-CT) beats Congressman
Matthew Lyon (Dem-Rep-VT) with a cane after the House declines to censure Lyon earlier spitting in Griswold's face; the House declines to discipline either man.[1]
March – the
Irish Rebellion of 1798 begins when the Irish
Militia arrest the leadership of the
Society of United Irishmen,[2] a group unique amongst
Irish republican and
nationalist movements in that it unifies Catholics and Protestants (Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and others) around republican ideals. This month,
Lord Castlereagh is appointed Acting
Chief Secretary for Ireland and on
March 30martial law is proclaimed here. The first battles in the rebellion are fought on
May 24 and it continues through September, but the rebels receive much less than the expected support from France, which sends only 1,100 men.
April 7 – The
Mississippi Territory is organized by the United States, from territory ceded by
Georgia and
South Carolina; later it is twice expanded, to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain (which acquired territory in trade with Great Britain).[1]
May 9 –
Napoleon sets off for
Toulon, sailing aboard Vice-Admiral
Brueys's flagship
L'Orient; his
squadron is part of a larger fleet of over 300 vessels, carrying almost 37,000 troops.[5]
June 18 – The first of the four
Alien and Sedition Acts, the
Naturalization Act of 1798, is signed into law by U.S. President Adams, requiring immigrants to wait 14 years rather than five years to become naturalized citizens of the United States. On June 25, another law is signed authorizing the imprisonment and deportation of any non-citizens deemed to be dangerous.[1]
October 2 – The
Cherokee nation signs a
treaty with the United States allowing free passage through Cherokee lands in Tennessee through the
Cumberland Gap through the Appalachian Mountains from Virginia into Kentucky.[1]
December 5 –
Peasants War in the Southern Netherlands: The revolt is crushed in
Hasselt; during the uprising it is estimated that 5,000 to 10,000 people have been killed.
^
abcdefghiHarper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909, ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p171
^Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1798". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
^Curlin, James S. (2010). "«Remember the Moment when Previsa fell»: The 1798 Battle of Nicopolis and Preveza". Preveza B. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium for the History and Culture of Preveza (16–20 September 2009). Vol. I. Preveza: University of Ioannina, Municipality of Preveza, Actia Nicopolis Foundation. pp. 265–296.
ISBN978-960-99475-1-0.
^Chandler, Charles L. (June 1953). "Catholic Merchants of Early Philadelphia". Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. 64 (2): 94–103.
JSTOR44210305.
^Clement, Russell (1996). Four French symbolists: a sourcebook on Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Gustave Moreau, Odilon Redon, and Maurice Denis. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.
ISBN9780313297526.