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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1798. 1798 (MDCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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    The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Irish: Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster-Scots: The Hurries, 1798 Rebellion) was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in...
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  • HMS Mermaid was a gunvessel purchased in Honduras in 1798 for local use. She was sloop-rigged, armed with one long 9-pounder gun and had a crew of 25 men...
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    Vanguard, were to be dispatched to Cadiz to reinforce the fleet. On 28 March 1798, Nelson hoisted his flag and sailed to join Earl St Vincent. St Vincent sent...
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    The 1798–99 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification...
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    Revolutionary Wars. It was the primary purpose of the Mediterranean campaign of 1798, in which the French captured Malta while being followed by the British Royal...
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    The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of four laws enacted in 1798 that applied restrictions to immigration and speech in the United States. The Naturalization...
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  • ownership at Nantes in February 1796 she returned to privateering. On 16 March 1798 HMS Magnanime was escorting a small convoy when she spied a privateer lurking...
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    English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797–98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads. Some modern editions use a revised...
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    Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo dʒiˈrɔːlamo kazaˈnɔːva, kasa-]; 2 April 1725 – 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography...
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