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Historical Event(s)
– Louis Alexandre Berthier invades Rome, proclaims a Roman Republic on February 15 and then on February 20 takes Pope Pius VI prisoner.
– Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power.
– United Irishmen Rebellion: The Carnew massacre, Dunlavin massacre and Carlow massacre takes place.
– The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland.
– 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.
– Quasi-War: the U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the “war”.
– The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
– French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay) – Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.
– French troops land in Kilcummin harbour, County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone’s United Irishmen’s Irish Rebellion.
– At the Battle of St. George’s Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.
Who Were Born On ?
– Auguste Comte, French philosopher (d. 1857)
– Abigail Fillmore, First Lady of the United States (d. 1853)
– Eugène Delacroix, French painter (d. 1863)
– František Palacký, Czech scholar and politician (d. 1876)
– Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia), German-born consort of Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1860)
– Sangolli Rayanna, a prominent freedom fighter from Karnataka, India (d. 1831)
– Jules Michelet, French historian (d. 1874)
– King Charles Albert of Sardinia (d. 1849)
– Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (d. 1881)
– Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (d. 1855)