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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 24   On this day in history carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59   

Oct 30   On this day in history william Balch becomes Navy's first commissioned Chaplain.   

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

Nov 17   Titian Ramsey Peale, US, artist/naturalist (American Ornithology) in the year 1799.   

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

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

Dec 05   On this day in history robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61   

Dec 06   Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Dec 10   Metric system established in France on this day in history.   

Dec 14   In the year 1799 george Washington, 1st president USA (1789-97), dies at 66   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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" in the year 1799.   

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

Dec 31   Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer in the year 1799.   

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Jan 06   Jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer was born in the year 1799.   

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

Jan 22   On this day in history 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 in the year 1799.   

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

Feb 26   In the year 1799 birth of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (d. 1864)   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1799 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 26   On this day in history death of gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)   

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

Feb 07   Qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711) died in the year 1799.   

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

Feb 16   On this day in history charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74