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Dashed right edge = ongoing beyond September 1798
Events in September 1798 5
1798Irish RebellionUnited Irishmen rise against British ruleThe Society of United Irishmen launched an armed uprising against British rule in Ireland, with major fighting in Wexford, Antrim and Down, and later in Connacht after a French landing. The rebellion was crushed with heavy loss of life and led directly to the Act of Union of 1800.
1798Irish RebellionUnited Irishmen rise against British ruleThe Society of United Irishmen launched an armed uprising against British rule in Ireland, with major fighting in Wexford, Antrim and Down, and later in Connacht after a French landing. The rebellion was crushed with heavy loss of life and led directly to the Act of Union of 1800.
1798Jourdan LawFrance introduces universal conscriptionThe French Directory passed the Jourdan-Delbrel law, making all unmarried men aged 20 to 25 liable for military service. It set up the conscription system that later supplied Napoleon's armies.
1798Jourdan LawFrance introduces universal conscriptionThe French Directory passed the Jourdan-Delbrel law, making all unmarried men aged 20 to 25 liable for military service. It set up the conscription system that later supplied Napoleon's armies.
1798 – 1874Jean-Baptiste Elie de Beaumont (1798-1874)Died 21 September 1874, aged 75Elie de Beaumont was a French geologist known for his theories on mountain formation and his geological mapping of France. He served as a professor at the College de France and permanent secretary of the French Academy of Sciences. His mountain-building theories, though later superseded, were influential in nineteenth-century geology.