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Historical Event(s)
– Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power.
– The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.
– The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins.
– The United States Congress empowers president John Adams to enlist 10,000 men for service in case of a declaration of war or invasion of the country’s domain. It also authorizes Adams to instruct commanders of ships-of-war to seize armed French vessels preying upon or attacking American merchantmen about the coast.
– The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
– Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill.
– The Sedition Act becomes law in the United States making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.
– Wolfe Tone’s United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connaught.
– The week long battle of St. George’s Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
– At the Battle of St. George’s Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.
Who Were Born On ?
– Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858)
– August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (d. 1874)
– Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (d. 1840)
– Wolfgang Menzel, German writer (d. 1873)
– Willibald Alexis, German historical novelist (d. 1871)
– Jules Michelet, French historian (d. 1874)
– Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist (d. 1874)
– Pedro I of Brazil (d. 1834)
– Alexander Brullov, Russian painter (d. 1877)
– Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (d. 1855)