Page 4: Historical Events In 1799

Oct 15   August Ferdinand Haeser, composer in the year 1799.   

Oct 16   Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1799.   

Oct 22   On this day in history russia leaves second anti-French Coalition   

Oct 23   William Paca, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58 in the year 1799.   

Oct 24   Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 in the year 1799.   

Oct 30   William Balch becomes Navy's first commissioned Chaplain on this day in history.   

Nov 09   Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France in the year 1799.   

Nov 17   Titian Ramsey Peale, US, artist/naturalist (American Ornithology) on this day in history.   

Nov 22   In the year 1799 baroness van Dorth, orangist, executed   

Nov 29   Amos Bronson Alcott, US educator/poet (Concord Days) in the year 1799.   

Dec 05   In the year 1799 robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61   

Dec 06   On this day in history joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71   

Dec 10   In the year 1799 metric system established in France   

Dec 14   George Washington, 1st president USA (1789-97), dies at 66 in the year 1799.   

Dec 14   In the year 1799 george Washington, the American revolutionary leader and first president of the United States, dies of acute laryngitis at his estate in Mount Vernon, Virginia   

Dec 18   On this day in history george Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon   

Dec 20   On this day in history david Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66   

Dec 24   On this day in history jakobijns plot against Napoleon uncovered   

Dec 26   George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace & 1st in hearts of his countrymen" on this day in history.   

Dec 26   In the year 1799 george Washington is eulogized by Colonel Henry Lee as "1st in war, first in peace & first in the hearts of his countrymen"   

Dec 31   On this day in history thomas Taglichsbeck, composer   

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Jan 06   On this day in history birth of jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer   

Jan 07   Daniel Tyler, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   In the year 1799 birth of ludger Duvernay, Canadian printer and publisher (d. 1852)   

Feb 04   On this day in history birth of joao Batista da Silva Leitao de Almeida Garret, Portuguese playwright   

Feb 05   John Lindley, English botanist (Elements of Botany) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 11   In the year 1799 birth of basil Moreau, French Founder priest (d. 1873)   

Feb 26   On this day in history birth of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (d. 1864)   

Mar 01   On this day in history birth of alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer   

Jan 06   W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1799 death of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian scientist (b. 1718)   

Jan 22   Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist/alpinist, dies at 58 in the year 1799.   

Jan 26   Gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722) died in the year 1799.   

Feb 04   Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (b. 1728) died on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1799 death of qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711)   

Feb 12   Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Feb 16   Charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74 in the year 1799.