Page 4: Historical Events In 1799

Oct 15   August Ferdinand Haeser, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 16   On this day in history antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 24   In the year 1799 carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59   

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

Nov 09   Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France on this day in history.   

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

Nov 22   Baroness van Dorth, orangist, executed on this day in history.   

Nov 29   On this day in history amos Bronson Alcott, US educator/poet (Concord Days)   

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

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

Dec 10   Metric system established in France in the year 1799.   

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 in the year 1799.   

Dec 20   David Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1799.   

Dec 24   In the year 1799 jakobijns plot against Napoleon uncovered   

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

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

Dec 31   Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer on this day in history.   

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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 in the year 1799.   

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

Feb 04   Joao Batista da Silva Leitao de Almeida Garret, Portuguese playwright was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 26   Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (d. 1864) was born in the year 1799.   

Mar 01   Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer was born in the year 1799.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 04   Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (b. 1728) died in the year 1799.   

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

Feb 12   Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1799.   

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