1798 in France

See also: 1797 in France, other events of 1798, 1799 in France.

Events from the year 1798 in France.

Events

• 10 February - The Papacy is removed from power by the French General Louis Alexandre Berthier.
• 7 March - French forces invade the Papal States and establish the Roman Republic.
• 26 April - France annexes Geneva.
• 12 June - French take Malta.
• 1 July - Napoleon's troops land in Egypt.
• 7 July - The U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the Quasi-War.
• 12 July - Battle of Chobrakit, French victory over the Mamelukes.
• 21 July - Battle of the Pyramids, decisive French victory over local Mamluk forces.
• 24 July - Napoleon occupies Cairo.
• 1 August-2 August - Battle of the Nile, decisive British naval victory.
• 22 August - French force of 1,150 men landed at Killala, Ireland.
• 7 September - French force crosses the River Shannon at Ballintra.
• 8 September - Battle of Ballinamuck, French defeat and surrender.
• 16 September - Further French force of 3,000 men departed Brest for Ireland.
• 12 October - Battle of Tory Island, decisive British naval victory. French troops unable to be landed.
• 12 October - Peasants' War began against French occupation of the Southern Netherlands.
• 5 December - Peasant's War ended with French victory.

Births

• 17 January - Auguste Comte, philosopher (d.1857).
• 10 March - Pierre Frédéric Sarrus, mathematician (d.1861).
• 1 April - Jean-Baptiste Glaire, Roman Catholic priest and Hebrew and Biblical scholar (d.1879).
• 17 April - Étienne Bobillier, mathematician (d.1840).
• 26 April - Eugène Delacroix, painter (d.1863).
• 3 May - Célestine Guynemer de la Hailandière, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Indianapolis (d.1882).
• 2 October - Théodore Guérin (Saint Theodora), missionary (d.1856).
• 8 October - Philarète Chasles, critic and man of letters (d.1873).
• 28 October - Hippolyte François Jaubert, politician and botanist (d.1874).
• 21 November - Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui, economist (d.1854).
• 4 December - Jules Armand Dufaure, statesman (d.1881).

Full date unknown

• Philippe-Frédéric Blandin, physician and surgeon (d.1849).
• Louis-Florentin Calmeil, psychiatrist and medical historian (d.1895).
• Antoine Laurent Dantan, sculptor (d.1878).
• Olympe-Philippe Gerbet, Roman Catholic Bishop and writer (d.1864).
• Jacques Bernard Hombron, naval surgeon and naturalist (d.1852).

Deaths

• 25 February - Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, diplomat and writer (b.1716).
• 25 March - Michel Joachim Marie Raymond, General (b.1755).
• 1 August - François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Rear-Admiral (b.1753).
• 1 August - Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca, Naval officer (b.1762).
• 2 August - Aristide Aubert Du Petit Thouars, Naval officer (b.1760).
• 30 December - Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac, General and writer (b.1739).

Full date unknown

• Jean Guillaume Bruguière, physician, zoologist and diplomat (b. c1749).
• Adrien Duport, politician (b.1759).
• Louis Joseph Watteau, painter (b.1731).

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