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1795 January 3 Josiah Wedgwood British, ceramic craftsman/woodworker, dies at age 64. [1] January 13 François-Joseph Krafft composer, dies at age 73. [1] January 16 French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Netherlands. [1] January 18 French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance. [1] Governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England. [1] January 19 Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy. [1] Maria Teresa Agnesi composer, dies at age 74. [1] January 26 Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach composer, dies at age 62. [1] February 1 Giacomo Insanguine composer, dies at age 66. [1] February 2 Joseph Haydns 102nd Symphony in B, premieres. [1] February 5 Zealand Netherlands surrenders to French General Michaud. [1] February 7 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states. [1] Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies. [1] February 13 First state university in US opens, University of North Carolina. [1] February 17 Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England. [1] February 21 Freedom of worship established in France under constitution. [1] March 5 Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution. [1] Josef Reicha composer, dies at age 42. [1] Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France. [1] March 11 Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols. [1] March 29 Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna. [1] April 12 Rainieri de Calzabigi Italian literary, dies at age 80. [1] April 23 William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason. [1] April 30 Jean-Jacques Barthélemy French historian (Ancient Greece), dies. [1] May 16 Hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state. [1] May 19 Josiah Bartlett US physician/judge (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 65. [1] May 20 Ignác Martinovics Hungarian physicist/revolutionary, beheaded. [1] July 1 John Rutledge becomes second chief justice of Supreme Court. [1] September 5 US-Algiers sign peace treaty. [1] September 16 British capture Capetown. [1] October 13 William Prescott American Revolutionary soldier, dies. [1] October 24 Third partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia. [1] October 27 Treaty of San Lorenzo, provides free navigation of Mississippi. [1] November 28 US pays $800,000 and a frigate as tribute to Algiers and Tunis. [1] December 19 First state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky. [1] 1796 January 5 Samuel Huntington US judge (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 64. [1] January 8 Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois French National Convention chairman, dies at age 46. [1] January 22 Bernhard Hupfeld composer, dies at age 78. [1] January 23 Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500. [1] February 17 James Macpherson poet, dies. [1] February 28 Friedrich Wilhelm Rust composer, dies at age 56. [1] February 29 Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England. [1] March 1 First National Meeting in the Hague. [1] March 9 Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais. [1] March 17 Pieter Paulus lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at age 41. [1] March 19 Stephen Storace composer, dies at age 33. [1] March 22 Gaspare Gabellone composer, dies at age 68. [1] March 28 Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is first US-African church. [1] March 31 Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont" premieres in Weimar. [1] April 13 First elephant arrives in US from Bengal India. [1] Battle at Millesimo Italy Napoleon beats Austrians. [1] April 22 Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi. [1] April 28 Cease fire of Cherasco. [1] May 10 French Government arrest 10 utopists. [1] Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge. [1] Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam. [1] May 12 Johann P Uz German poet (Theodicee), dies at age 75. [1] May 14 First smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner. [1] May 15 France and Sardinia sign Peace treaty of Paris. [1] French troops occupy Milan. [1] May 16 Lombardije Republic forms. [1] May 17 Jacob Wilhelm Lustig composer, dies at age 89. [1] May 19 Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds. [1] May 27 James S McLean patents his piano. [1] June 1 Tennessee admitted as 16th US state. [1] July 8 US State Dept issues first American passport. [1] July 21 Robert Burns Scottish poet, dies. [1] July 22 Cleveland, Ohio, founded by General Moses Cleaveland. [1] August 8 Boston African Society establishes with 44 members. [1] September 8 Battle of Bassano-French beat Austrians. [1] September 19 George Washington's farewell address as president. [1] November 17 Battle of Arcole-Napoleon I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy. [1] December 18 First US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor). [1] December 30 Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne composer, dies at age 45. [1] 1797 January 1 Albany replaces New York City as capital of New York. [1] January 11 Francis Lightfoot Lee US farmer (signer Declaration of Independence), dies at age 62. [1] January 13 Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern wife of Frederick II, dies at age 81. [1] January 15 First top hat worn (John Etherington of London). [1] January 26 Russia, Prussia and Austria sign treaty. [1] January 30 US Congress refuses to accept first petitions from American blacks. [1] Johann Abraham Sixt composer, dies at age 40. [1] February 4 Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 40,000. [1] February 8 Johann Friedrich Doles composer, dies at age 81. [1] February 11 Antoine Dauvergne composer, dies at age 83. [1] February 12 Haydn's song "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" premieres in Vienna. [1] February 15 Battle of Cape Saint Vincent. [1] February 19 1/3 of papal domain ceded to France. [1] February 21 Trinidad, West Indies surrenders to the British. [1] February 23 Antoine d'Auvergne French opera composer (Coquette Trompée), dies at age 83. [1] February 26 Bank of England issues first £1-note. [1] February 27 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele composer, dies at age 61. [1] March 1 Juan Manuel Olivares composer, dies at age 36. [1] March 2 Horace [Horatio] Walpole British horror writer, dies at age 79. [1] March 4 John Adams inaugurated as second President of US. [1] March 13 Cherubini's opera "Medée" premieres in Paris France. [1] March 19 Philip Hayes composer, dies at age 58. [1] March 26 James Hutton geologist, dies. [1] March 28 Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine. [1] April 3 Nonnosus Madlseder composer, dies at age 66. [1] April 12 Josef Antonin Stepan composer, dies at age 71. [1] April 18 France and Austria sign cease fire. [1] May 5 Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi. [1] May 10 First Navy ship, the "United States" is launched. [1] May 27 François-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf French utopian socialist, dies at age 36. [1] May 30 Carl Ludwig Junker composer, dies at age 48. [1] June 2 First ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622 feet) in Adirondack New York (C Broadhead). [1] June 26 Charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to. [1] July 8 First US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment. [1] September 20 US frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston. [1] October 11 British naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, the Netherlands. [1] October 21 US Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston. [1] October 22 André-Jacques Garnerin makes first parachute jump from balloon (Paris). [1] December 1 Oliver Wolcott US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at age 71. [1] December 22 Giovanni Marco Rutini composer, dies at age 74. [1] December 26 John Wilkes English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at age 72. [1] 1798 January 1 Russia appoints first Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books. [1] January 8 11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed. [1] January 9 Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea Earl of Aranda Spanish officer, dies at age 79. [1] January 20 Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at age 66. [1] January 22 Coup of Midderigh. [1] Lewis Morris US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 71. [1] Matija A Reljkovic Croatian writer (Satire of Wild Man), dies at age 66. [1] January 26 Christian Gottlob Neefe German organist/composer, dies at age 49. [1] January 30 Representative Matthew Lyon (Vermont) spits in face of Representative Roger Griswold (Connecticut) in US House of Representatives, after an argument. [1] February 2 Federal St Theater, Boston, becomes first in US destroyed by fire. [1] February 6 Niels Schiorring composer, dies at age 54. [1] February 13 Wilhelm H Wackenroder German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at age 24. [1] March 4 Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews. [1] March 9 Dr George Balfour becomes first naval surgeon in the US navy. [1] March 22 Justin Morgan composer, dies at age 51. [1] March 29 Republic of Switzerland forms. [1] April 7 Territory of Mississippi is organized. [1] April 23 Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution. [1] April 30 Department of the Navy is established. [1] May 10 George Vancouver British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at age 40. [1] May 26 British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara. [1] June 13 Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California. [1] June 25 US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens. [1] July 2 John Fitch American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies. [1] July 11 US Marine Corps created by an act of Congress. [1] July 14 First direct federal tax on the states-on dwellings, land and slaves. [1] Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous and malicious" writing. [1] July 16 US Public Health Service established and US Marine Hospital authorized. [1] July 23 Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt. [1] August 1 Battle of Nile. [1] August 2 British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile. [1] September 10 British Hondurus beats Spain in battle of Saint George. [1] November 16 Kentucky becomes first state to nullify an act ofUS Congress. [1] December 4 Luigi Galvani Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at age 61. [1] Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt. [1] December 5 Government troops occupy Hasselt. [1] December 14 David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut and bolt machine. [1] December 17 First impeachment trial against a US senator (William Blount, Tennessee) begins. [1] December 19 Charles-Joseph Panckoucke publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at age 62. [1] December 20 Cornelis Ploos van Amstel Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at age 72. [1] December 24 Russia and England sign Second anti-French Coalition. [1] 1799 January 4 Galib Dede/Seyh Galib Turkish poet (Hüsn ü Ask), dies at about age 40. [1] January 5 Mohammed Esad Galib Dede Turkish poet (Hüsn-ü asjk, dies at about age 41. [1] January 6 Maria G Agnesi Italian mathematician (x²y=a²(a-y)), dies at age 80. [1] W G Frederik prince of Orange/General , dies at age 25. [1] January 9 Income Tax introduced in Great Britain. [1] January 10 Friedrich von Schiller's "Die Piccolomini" premieres in Weimar. [1] January 14 Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets. [1] King of Naples flees before the advancing French armies. [1] January 21 Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced. [1] January 22 Horace B de Saussure Swiss physicist/geologist/alpinist, dies at age 58. [1] January 25 First US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont. [1] February 9 USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgente off Nevis, West Indies. [1] February 12 Frantisek Xaver Dusek composer, dies at age 67. [1] February 13 First US law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts. [1] February 15 First US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania. [1] February 16 Charles Theoby ruler (Palts and Bayern), dies at age 74. [1] February 18 Maurus Haberhauer composer, dies at age 52. [1] February 24 Broerius Brorius theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about age 41. [1] Georg C Lichtenberg German physicist/writer, dies at age 56. [1] February 25 First federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land. [1] US Congress passes first federal quarantine legislation. [1] March 2 US Congress standardizes US weights and measures. [1] March 6 Napoleon captures Jaffa Palestine. [1] March 12 Austria declares war on France. [1] March 18 John Randall composer, dies at age 82. [1] March 19 Joseph Haydn's "Die Schöpfung" premieres in Vienna. [1] March 25 Constantin Reindl composer, dies at age 60. [1] March 26 Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine. [1] March 28 Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders Dutch adventurer/spy, dies at age 55. [1] New York State abolished slavery. [1] April 1 Narciso Casanovas composer, dies at age 52. [1] April 14 Napoleon called for establishing Jerusalem for Jews. [1] April 19 Pieter Hellendaal violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at age 78. [1] April 20 Friedrich von Schiller's "Wallensteins Tod", premieres in Weimar. [1] Napoleon issues a decree calling for establishing Jerusalem for Jews. [1] April 28 François Giroust composer, dies at age 62. [1] May 2 Henri-Joseph Rigel composer, dies at age 58. [1] May 9 Claude-Benigne Balbastre composer, dies at age 72. [1] May 18 Pierre de Beaumarchais dramatist, dies. [1] June 18 Birth of William Lassell discoverer (satellites of Uranus and Neptune). [1] July 24 William Clark (of Lewis and Clark) is willed the slave York. [1] July 25 French-Egyptian forces under Napolean I beat Turks at Battle of Abukir. [1] September 1 Bank of Manhattan Company opens in New York City (forerunner to Chase Manhattan). [1] November 9 Napoleon becomes dictator (first consul) of France. [1] December 5 Robert Kimmerling composer, dies at age 61. [1] December 6 Joseph Black Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at age 71. [1] December 10 Metric system established in France. [1] December 14 George Washington, first President USA (1789-97), dies at Mount Vernon Virginia, at age 67. [1] [5] December 18 George Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon. [1] December 20 David Traugott Nicolai composer, dies at age 66. [1] December 24 Jakobijns plot against Napoleon uncovered. [1] December 26 George Washington is eulogized by Colonel Henry Lee as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen". [1]