Page 4: Historical Events In 1799

Oct 15   On this day in history august Ferdinand Haeser, composer   

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

Oct 22   Russia leaves second anti-French Coalition on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 09   In the year 1799 napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France   

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

Nov 22   Baroness van Dorth, orangist, executed in the year 1799.   

Nov 29   In the year 1799 amos Bronson Alcott, US educator/poet (Concord Days)   

Dec 05   Robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Dec 06   Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71 in the year 1799.   

Dec 10   On this day in history metric system established in France   

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

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

Dec 18   George Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon on this day in history.   

Dec 20   In the year 1799 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" in the year 1799.   

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

Dec 31   On this day in history thomas Taglichsbeck, composer   

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Jan 06   Jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1799 birth of daniel Tyler, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882   

Jan 22   Ludger Duvernay, Canadian printer and publisher (d. 1852) was born in the year 1799.   

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

Feb 05   In the year 1799 birth of john Lindley, English botanist (Elements of Botany)   

Feb 11   On this day in history 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   Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer was born in the year 1799.   

Jan 06   On this day in history w G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25   

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1799 death of Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (b. 1728)   

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

Feb 12   In the year 1799 frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67   

Feb 16   In the year 1799 charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74