1799
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1799 (MDCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday according to the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January 9: The first income tax is imposed, in England.
March 1: The combined Russian and Turkish squadron takes Corfu and a few more islands in the Ionian Sea from the French.
July 15: The Rosetta Stone is discovered in Egypt, which will allow the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphics.
November 9: Napoleon overthrows the Directory, establishes the Consulate, and becomes First Consul.
Carl Friedrich Gauss states the fundamental theorem of algebra.
Music
Beethoven - Composes the Piano Sonata "Pathétique" in C minor op. 13.
Haydn - Composes String Quartets op. 76.
Births
February 4 – João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida, Portuguese writer and politician (d. 1854)
February 8 – John Lindley, British botanist (d. 1865)
March 22 – Friedrich Argelander, German astronomer (d. 1875)
May 20 – Honoré de Balzac, French novelist (d. 1850)
May 26 – Felipe Poey, Cuban naturalist (d. 1891)
June 6 – Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet (d. 1837)
June 18 – Prosper Ménière, French physician (d. 1862)
July 1 – William Oakes, American botanist (d. 1848)
August 8 – Aarón Castellanos, Argentine colonizer and soldier (d. 1880).
September 8 – José María Córdova, Colombian soldier.
October 4 – Augustin Saint-Hilaire, French traveler and botanist (d. 1853)
October 11 – Paula Montal, Spanish nun (d. 1889)
December 21 – David Don, British botanist (d. 1841)
December 27 – Serafín Estébanez Calderón, Spanish writer (d. 1867).
December 30 – David Douglas, British explorer and botanist (d. 1834)
Deaths
January 9 – Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (b. 1718)
February 6 – Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (b. 1728)
March 7 – Juan Pablo Forner, Spanish writer (b. 1756)
February 24 – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German scientist and writer (b. 1742)
June 11 – Joaquín Toesca, Chilean architect of Italian origin (b. 1745)
August 29 – Pius VI, Italian pope
October 6 – William Withering, British physician and botanist (b. 1741)
October 11 – Gregorio José de Omaña y Sotomayor, Mexican Catholic bishop (b. 1739)
December 14 – George Washington, American soldier, politician, and president from 1789 to 1797 (b. 1732).
External Links
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Historical Chronology – Year 1799
