Timeline Thursday 21 June 1798

Events on Thursday 21 June 1798 4

• 1798 Battle of Vinegar Hill Wexford rebels defeated by Crown forces Some 13,000 Crown troops under General Gerard Lake attacked the main rebel camp at Vinegar Hill outside Enniscorthy. The rebels were driven from the hill, which marked the turning point of the rising in County Wexford.
• 1798 Battle of Vinegar Hill Wexford rebels defeated by Crown forces Some 13,000 Crown troops under General Gerard Lake attacked the main rebel camp at Vinegar Hill outside Enniscorthy. The rebels were driven from the hill, which marked the turning point of the rising in County Wexford.
• 1798 Cavendish experiment First measurement of the density of the Earth Henry Cavendish presented the results of his torsion-balance experiment to the Royal Society, measuring the tiny gravitational attraction between lead spheres. His result gave the density of the Earth and was later used to derive the gravitational constant.
• 1798 Cavendish experiment First measurement of the density of the Earth Henry Cavendish presented the results of his torsion-balance experiment to the Royal Society, measuring the tiny gravitational attraction between lead spheres. His result gave the density of the Earth and was later used to derive the gravitational constant.