Timeline July 1798

Events in July 1798 10

• 1767 – 1798 Henry Joy McCracken (1767-1798) Died 17 July 1798, aged 30 A Belfast cotton manufacturer and founding member of the United Irishmen, he led the rebels at the Battle of Antrim. He was captured after the defeat and hanged in Belfast.
• 1767 – 1798 Henry Joy McCracken (1767-1798) Died 17 July 1798, aged 30 A Belfast cotton manufacturer and founding member of the United Irishmen, he led the rebels at the Battle of Antrim. He was captured after the defeat and hanged in Belfast.
• 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts Federalist Congress restricts immigrants and dissent The US Congress passed four laws that lengthened the residency requirement for citizenship, allowed the president to deport aliens, and made it a crime to publish false or malicious writing against the government. Several Republican newspaper editors were prosecuted under the Sedition Act.
• 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts Federalist Congress restricts immigrants and dissent The US Congress passed four laws that lengthened the residency requirement for citizenship, allowed the president to deport aliens, and made it a crime to publish false or malicious writing against the government. Several Republican newspaper editors were prosecuted under the Sedition Act.
• 1798 Napoleon lands in Egypt French army captures Alexandria The French expeditionary army landed near Alexandria and stormed the city the following day, beginning the French campaign in Egypt and Syria. The expedition aimed to threaten British routes to India and also carried a large body of scholars and scientists.
• 1798 Napoleon lands in Egypt French army captures Alexandria The French expeditionary army landed near Alexandria and stormed the city the following day, beginning the French campaign in Egypt and Syria. The expedition aimed to threaten British routes to India and also carried a large body of scholars and scientists.
• 1798 Quasi-War with France begins Congress annuls the treaties with France Congress rescinded the 1778 treaties of alliance and commerce with France, starting an undeclared naval war between the two countries. American warships and privateers fought French vessels mainly in the Caribbean until the Convention of 1800.
• 1798 Quasi-War with France begins Congress annuls the treaties with France Congress rescinded the 1778 treaties of alliance and commerce with France, starting an undeclared naval war between the two countries. American warships and privateers fought French vessels mainly in the Caribbean until the Convention of 1800.
• 1798 Battle of the Pyramids Napoleon defeats the Mamluks outside Cairo Napoleon's army routed the Mamluk forces of Murad Bey at Embabeh, across the Nile from Cairo, using large infantry squares against massed cavalry charges. The French entered Cairo days later and took control of Lower Egypt.
• 1798 Battle of the Pyramids Napoleon defeats the Mamluks outside Cairo Napoleon's army routed the Mamluk forces of Murad Bey at Embabeh, across the Nile from Cairo, using large infantry squares against massed cavalry charges. The French entered Cairo days later and took control of Lower Egypt.