Timeline January 1798

Events in January 1798 5

• 1798 Eleventh Amendment declared ratified States shielded from suits by citizens of other states President Adams announced that the Eleventh Amendment had been ratified, overturning the Supreme Court's decision in Chisholm v. Georgia. The amendment bars federal courts from hearing suits brought against a state by citizens of another state or a foreign country.
• 1798 Eleventh Amendment declared ratified States shielded from suits by citizens of other states President Adams announced that the Eleventh Amendment had been ratified, overturning the Supreme Court's decision in Chisholm v. Georgia. The amendment bars federal courts from hearing suits brought against a state by citizens of another state or a foreign country.
• 1798 – 1857 Auguste Comte (1798-1857) Died 5 September 1857, aged 59 Comte was a French philosopher who founded positivism and coined the term sociology. He argued that societies progress through theological, metaphysical, and scientific stages of understanding. His ideas influenced the development of social science throughout the nineteenth century.
• 1798 Rumford's cannon-boring experiments Heat linked to motion rather than a fluid Count Rumford presented a paper to the Royal Society describing how boring cannon in Munich produced seemingly limitless heat through friction. The work challenged the caloric theory of heat and pointed toward heat as a form of motion.
• 1798 Rumford's cannon-boring experiments Heat linked to motion rather than a fluid Count Rumford presented a paper to the Royal Society describing how boring cannon in Munich produced seemingly limitless heat through friction. The work challenged the caloric theory of heat and pointed toward heat as a form of motion.