Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1799
Birthdays
- January 6 - Jedediah Strong Smith, U.S. hunter
- January 22 - Ludger Duvernay, Canadian printer and publisher (d. 1852)
- February 4 - Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (d. 1854)
- February 11 - Basil Moreau, French Founder priest (d. 1873)
- February 26 - Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (d. 1864)
- March 8 - Simon Cameron, U.S. Secretary of War (d. 1889)
- March 20 - Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (d. 1839)
- March 29 - Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
- April 12 - Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1855)
- May 11 - John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836)
- May 20 - Honoré de Balzac, French novelist (d. 1850)
- May 26 - Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian author (d. 1837)
- June 6 - Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet (d. 1837)
- June 23 - John Milton Bernhisel, American physician (d. 1881)
- July 4 - King Oscar I of Sweden, French general (d. 1859)
- July 25 - David Douglas, Scottish botanist (d. 1834)
- September 19 - René Caillé, French explorer (d. 1838)
- October 30 - Ignace Bourget, bishop of Montreal (d. 1885)
- November 3 - William Sprague III, American politician from Rhode Island (d. 1856)
- November 9 - Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (d. 1877)
- November 17 - Titian Peale, American artist (d. 1885)
- November 29 - Amos Bronson Alcott, American writer and educator (d. 1888)
- December 12 - Karl Briullov, Russian painter (d. 1852)
Deaths
- January 9 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian scientist (b. 1718)
- January 26 - Gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)
- February 4 - Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (b. 1728)
- February 7 - Qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711)
- February 12 - Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (b. 1729)
- February 19 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician
- February 22 - Heshen, infamous Qing Dynasty Chinese official at court (b. 1750)
- February 24 - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (b. 1742)
- April 17 - Richard Jupp, English architect (b. 1728)
- May 4 - Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750)
- May 18 - Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (b. 1732)
- May 26 - James Burnett, Lord Monboddo
- May 31 - Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715)
- June 6 - Patrick Henry, American revolutionary (b. 1736)
- August 2 - Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor (b. 1745)
- August 5 - Richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726)
- August 15 - Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)
- August 29 - Pope Pius VI, (b. 1717)
- August 31 - Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (b. 1720)
- September 7 - Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (b. 1717)
- October 24 - Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (b. 1739)
- December 14 - George Washington, first President of the United States (b. 1732)
- December 18 - Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725)
- December 31 - Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723)
Events
- January 9 - British Prime Minister William Pitt introduces income tax to raise funds for the war against Napoleon.
- January 17 - Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, was executed.
- March 7 - Napoleon I of France captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
- March 7 - The Royal Institution is founded.
- March 29 - New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state.
- April 16 - Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor – Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
- May 4 - Fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is assaulted and the Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George Harris.
- July 7 - Ranjit Singh's men take up their positions outside Lahore.
- July 15 - The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.
- July 19 - A group of Napoleon Bonaparte's soldiers discover what is now known as The Rosetta Stone, enabling the translation of hieroglyphics for the first time.
- July 25 - At Aboukir in Egypt, Napoleon I of France defeats 10,000 Ottomans under Mustafa Pasha.
- August 23 - Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power.
- August 30 - Capture of the entire Dutch fleet by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the Second Coalition of the French Revolutionary Wars.
- October 9 - Sinking of HMS Lutine, with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
- November 9 - Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup d'état of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming one of its three Consuls (Consulate Government).
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