Dashed left edge = started before November 1798 ·
Dashed right edge = ongoing beyond November 1798
Events in November 1798 4
1763 – 1798Wolfe Tone (1763-1798)Died 19 November 1798, aged 35A founding member of the United Irishmen, he persuaded revolutionary France to send expeditions to Ireland. He was captured after the Battle of Tory Island, sentenced to death, and died of a self-inflicted wound before his execution.
1763 – 1798Wolfe Tone (1763-1798)Died 19 November 1798, aged 35A founding member of the United Irishmen, he persuaded revolutionary France to send expeditions to Ireland. He was captured after the Battle of Tory Island, sentenced to death, and died of a self-inflicted wound before his execution.
1798Kentucky and Virginia ResolutionsStates declare the Alien and Sedition Acts unconstitutionalThe legislatures of Kentucky and Virginia passed resolutions, secretly written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, declaring the Alien and Sedition Acts unconstitutional. They argued that states could judge whether federal laws went beyond the Constitution.
1798Kentucky and Virginia ResolutionsStates declare the Alien and Sedition Acts unconstitutionalThe legislatures of Kentucky and Virginia passed resolutions, secretly written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, declaring the Alien and Sedition Acts unconstitutional. They argued that states could judge whether federal laws went beyond the Constitution.