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Message:: [QUOTE="JCB1983, post: 1388790, member: 23885"]Here are some historical events which happend in the U.S. 1798-1799 (wikipedia) 1798 <ul> <li>February 15 – Federalist Congressman <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Roger_Griswold" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Roger_Griswold">Roger Griswold</a> of <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Connecticut" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Connecticut">Connecticut</a> attacks <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Vermont" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Vermont">Vermont</a> Representative <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Matthew_Lyon" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Matthew_Lyon">Matthew Lyon</a> with a walking stick in the chambers of the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>.</li> <li>March – The <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/XYZ_Affair" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/XYZ_Affair">XYZ Affair</a> begins, souring relations between the United States and <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/France" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/France">France</a>.</li> <li>April – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1798" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1798">U.S. House of Representatives elections</a> begin in <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/New_York" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/New_York">New York</a> and continue into 1799.</li> <li>April 7 – The <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Mississippi_Territory" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Mississippi_Territory">Mississippi Territory</a> is organized from territory ceded by <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)">Georgia</a> and <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/South_Carolina" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/South_Carolina">South Carolina</a> and is later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain.</li> <li>July 7 – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Quasi-War" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Quasi-War">Quasi-War</a>: The <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Congress" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Congress">United States Congress</a> rescinds treaties with <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/France" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/France">France</a>, sparking the war.</li> <li>July 9 – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Quasi-War" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Quasi-War">Quasi-War</a>: The <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Act_Further_to_Protect_the_Commerce_of_the_United_States" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Act_Further_to_Protect_the_Commerce_of_the_United_States">Act Further to Protect the Commerce of the United States</a> is approved by Congress, authorizing the President to use military force against France.</li> <li>July 11 – The <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> is established by Congress (the Marine Corps had existed prior, see <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps">history of the United States Marine Corps</a>).</li> <li>July 14 – The <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts">Alien and Sedition Acts</a> become <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_law" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_law">United States law</a>, making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States">United States government</a>.</li> <li>July 16 – The Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen Act is signed into law, creating the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Marine_Hospital_Service" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Marine_Hospital_Service">Marine Hospital Service</a>, the forerunner to the current <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service_Commissioned_Corps" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service_Commissioned_Corps">United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps</a>.</li> <li>August 31/September 1 – The first bank robbery in United States history takes place at the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Bank_of_Pennsylvania" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Bank_of_Pennsylvania">Bank of Pennsylvania</a> at Carpenters' Hall during the night or early morning. The robbers accessed the vault using a key and took US$162,821.[SUP]<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-0" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-0">[1]</a>[/SUP]</li> <li>September – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Charles_Brockden_Brown" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Charles_Brockden_Brown">Charles Brockden Brown</a> publishes the first significant American novel, the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Gothic_fiction" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Gothic_fiction">Gothic fiction</a> <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Wieland_(novel)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Wieland_(novel)">Wieland: or, The Transformation; an American Tale</a>.</li> <li>October 2 – The <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Treaty_of_Tellico" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Treaty_of_Tellico">Treaty of Tellico</a> is signed between the United States and the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Cherokee_Nation" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Cherokee_Nation">Cherokee Nation</a>.</li> </ul> · 1799 <ul> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/January_9" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/January_9">January 9</a> – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom">British Prime Minister</a> <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger">William Pitt the Younger</a> introduces an <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Income_tax" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Income_tax">income tax</a> of two <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Shilling" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Shilling">shillings</a> to the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Pound_Sterling" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Pound_Sterling">pound</a> to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/March_1" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/March_1">March 1</a> – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Federalist_Party" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Federalist_Party">Federalist</a> <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/James_Ross_(Pennsylvania_congressman)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/James_Ross_(Pennsylvania_congressman)">James Ross</a> becomes <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/President_Pro_Tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/President_Pro_Tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate">President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/March_7" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/March_7">March 7</a> – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France">Napoleon</a> captures <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Jaffa,_Israel" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Jaffa,_Israel">Jaffa</a> in <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Palestine" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Palestine">Palestine</a> and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Albania" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Albania">Albanian</a> captives.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/March_22" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/March_22">March 22</a> – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Roddy_McCorley" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Roddy_McCorley">Roddy McCorley</a> is executed in the town of <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Toomebridge" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Toomebridge">Toomebridge</a> by the British for his part in the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798">Irish Rebellion of 1798</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/March_29" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/March_29">March 29</a> – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/New_York" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/New_York">New York</a> passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Slavery" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Slavery">slavery</a> in the state.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/May_4" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/May_4">May 4</a> – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Battle_of_Seringapatam" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Battle_of_Seringapatam">Battle of Seringapatam</a>: <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Tippu_Sultan" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Tippu_Sultan">Tippu Sultan</a> is defeated and killed by the British.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/May_21" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/May_21">May 21</a> – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Siege_of_Acre_(1799)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Siege_of_Acre_(1799)">Siege of Acre</a> ends after two months: <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France">Napoleon</a>'s attempt to widen his Middle Eastern campaign into Syria is frustrated by Ottoman forces, and he withdraws to Egypt.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/May_27" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/May_27">May 27</a> – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Battle_of_Winterthur_(1799)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Battle_of_Winterthur_(1799)">Battle of Winterthur</a>: <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/House_of_Habsburg" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/House_of_Habsburg">Habsburg</a> forces secure control of north east <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Switzerland" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Switzerland">Switzerland</a> from the French <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Army_of_the_Danube" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Army_of_the_Danube">Army of the Danube</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/July_7" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/July_7">July 7</a> – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ranjit_Singh" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ranjit_Singh">Ranjit Singh</a>'s men take their positions outside Lahore.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/July_12" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/July_12">July 12</a> – Ranjit Singh the Great conquers Lahore and becomes ruler of the Punjab.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/July_15" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/July_15">July 15</a> – In the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Egypt" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Egypt">Egyptian</a> port city of <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Rosetta" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Rosetta">Rosetta</a>, <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/France" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/France">French</a> Captain Pierre Bouchard finds the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Rosetta_Stone" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Rosetta_Stone">Rosetta Stone</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/July_25" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/July_25">July 25</a> – At <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Aboukir" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Aboukir">Aboukir</a> in <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Egypt" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Egypt">Egypt</a>, <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France">Napoleon Bonaparte</a> defeats 10,000 <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ottoman_Empire">Ottoman</a> <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Mamluk" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Mamluk">Mamluk</a> troops under <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Mustafa_Pasha_(Egypt)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Mustafa_Pasha_(Egypt)">Mustafa Pasha</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/August_27" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/August_27">August 27</a> – The <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Great_Britain" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Great_Britain">British</a> and <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Russia" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Russia">Russians</a> send an expedition to the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Batavian_Republic" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Batavian_Republic">Batavian Republic</a> (now the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Netherlands" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Netherlands">Netherlands</a>).</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/August_30" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/August_30">August 30</a> – British forces under Sir <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ralph_Abercromby" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ralph_Abercromby">Ralph Abercromby</a> and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell capture the entire Dutch fleet.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/October_6" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/October_6">October 6</a> – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Battle_of_Castricum" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Battle_of_Castricum">Battle of Castricum</a>: Franco-Dutch forces defeat the Russo-British expedition force.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/October_9" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/October_9">October 9</a> – The <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/HMS_Lutine_(1785)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/HMS_Lutine_(1785)">HMS Lutine</a> (a famous treasure wreck) is sunk.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/October_18" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/October_18">October 18</a> – Anglo-Russian expedition forces surrender in Holland.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/November_9" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/November_9">November 9</a> – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Napoleon" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Napoleon">Napoleon</a> overthrows the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/French_Directory" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/French_Directory">French Directory</a>.</li> <li>December <ul> <li>A new constitution is approved in a <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Plebiscite" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Plebiscite">plebiscite</a> in <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/France" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/France">France</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Napoleon" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Napoleon">Napoleon</a> becomes <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/First_Consul" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/First_Consul">First Consul</a>.</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/December_14" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/December_14">December 14</a> – <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/George_Washington" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/George_Washington">George Washington</a>, the first <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/President_of_the_United_States">President of the United States</a>, dies in <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_Virginia" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_Virginia">Mount Vernon, Virginia</a>.</li> </ul>[/QUOTE]

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