1798 in History

Finds the French fleet at anchor in Aboukir Bay.

An Anglon alliance Treaty is concluded

An alliance is concluded with the Cisalpine Republic

Sieyes was appointed French ambassador to Berlin and spent about a year representing the Directory in Prussia.

Fouche received a diplomatic appointment to Milan after sending Barras a detailed political memorandum.

Talleyrand issued a diplomatic circular portraying Britain as France's remaining principal enemy after peace with Austria.

Massena relinquished command after a mutiny among troops serving in the Papal States.

Massena was assigned to the Army of England while French leaders considered operations against Britain.

Mack is arrested by the French

Massena arrived at Zurich to take up his Swiss command and was placed under Jourdan's higher operational authority.

Is created Baron Nelson after the Nile victory.

A major uprising erupted in Cairo against French rule, and Napoleon's forces suppressed the revolt after intense fighting.

Orders surveys of the Suez Isthmus while considering a canal between the Mediterranean and Red Sea.

Napoleon leaves Alexandria in the hands of General Jean Kleber

A force of 5,000 land at Marabut & occupty Alexandria, left in the hands of General Kleber

Napoleon captured Alexandria after landing in Egypt, establishing the first major French base for the campaign.

Napoleon leaves Alexandria in the hands of General Jean Kleber

Napoleon captured Malta during the voyage to Egypt, removing the Knights of Saint John from control of the island.

Mack captures Rome

Massena was appointed commander of the Army of Helvetia as France prepared for renewed campaigning in Switzerland.

Jourdan presented a report proposing a new system for recruiting France's armies and developing the principle that became military conscription.

Tallien left the Council of Five Hundred at the end of his legislative term.

Tallien joined the Egyptian expedition as a civilian intellectual and later participated in the Institut d'Egypte and its publications.

Talleyrand met Bonaparte to discuss an expedition to Egypt as an alternative means of striking British interests.

Napoleon embarked for Egypt with the Army of the Orient, beginning the expedition intended to challenge British influence in the eastern Mediterranean.

Napoleon entered Cairo after the Battle of the Pyramids and began organising French administration in Egypt.

Napoleon helped establish the Institut d'Egypte to organise scientific study, research and technical work during the occupation.

Talleyrand supported French policy that contributed to the overthrow of papal government and the establishment of a republic in Rome.

Approves an expedition to Egypt

After 6 weeks at sea 5,000 land at Marabut & quickly occupy Alexandria

Lands in Egypt

The legislature adopted the Jourdan-Delbrel law establishing conscription and compulsory military service as a permanent basis for army recruitment.

Napoleon left Cairo for Suez to inspect the region and examine strategic possibilities connected with the Red Sea.

Massena commanded troops detailed to occupy the Papal States during French intervention in central Italy.

A shot is fired at George III in a Drury Lane theater. A failed assassination attempt takes place during a review in Hyde Park

May 23-June 21, a rebellion takes place in Wexford

May 23-June 21, a rebellion takes place in Wexford

The Directory recalled Massena after the mutiny that disrupted his command in the Papal States.

Talleyrand presented arguments favouring the conquest of Egypt and supported the expedition as part of a wider Mediterranean strategy.

Talleyrand supported French diplomatic involvement in Switzerland as revolutionary change produced the Helvetic Republic.

La Revelliere-Lepeaux supported Theophilanthropy as a civic religious movement intended to encourage morality outside traditional Catholic institutions.

Loses contact with the French fleet and convoy from Toulon.

Commands from HMS Vanguard during the Battle of the Nile.

Auguste Comte is born in Montpellier into a conservative Catholic family.

The Marmelukes are defeated by Napoleon

Appointed General of Brigade on the field of Battle of the Pyramids

Napoleon marches south from Alexandria & is met by an army of 8,000 Marmelukes at Giza. Defeats the Marmelukes within 2 hours

Commands the French fleet defeated at the Battle of the Nile.

Nelson destroyed much of the French fleet at Aboukir Bay, leaving Napoleon's expedition isolated from France by sea.

Wins a decisive victory over the French fleet at the Nile.

Napoleon defeated Mamluk forces at the Battle of the Pyramids, opening the way for French occupation of Cairo.