Timeline August 1799

Events in August 1799 10

• 1717 – 1799 Pope Pius VI (1717-1799) Died 29 August 1799, aged 81 Pope from 1775, whose reign saw the Catholic Church in France upended by the Revolution. French forces occupied Rome in 1798 and proclaimed a republic there. He was taken into French captivity and died a prisoner at Valence.
• 1717 – 1799 Pope Pius VI (1717-1799) Died 29 August 1799, aged 81 Pope from 1775, whose reign saw the Catholic Church in France upended by the Revolution. French forces occupied Rome in 1798 and proclaimed a republic there. He was taken into French captivity and died a prisoner at Valence.
• 1745 – 1799 Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745-1799) Died 2 August 1799, aged 54 French paper manufacturer who, with his brother Joseph-Michel, invented the hot-air balloon. Their balloon carried the first manned untethered flight over Paris in 1783. The family papermaking business survives today as Canson.
• 1745 – 1799 Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745-1799) Died 2 August 1799, aged 54 French paper manufacturer who, with his brother Joseph-Michel, invented the hot-air balloon. Their balloon carried the first manned untethered flight over Paris in 1783. The family papermaking business survives today as Canson.
• 1769 – 1799 Barthélemy Catherine Joubert (1769-1799) Died 15 August 1799, aged 30 French general who rose quickly under Bonaparte in the Italian campaign of 1796-97. Some in the Directory saw him as a possible leader for a coup. He was killed at the Battle of Novi soon after taking command of the Army of Italy.
• 1769 – 1799 Barthélemy Catherine Joubert (1769-1799) Died 15 August 1799, aged 30 French general who rose quickly under Bonaparte in the Italian campaign of 1796-97. Some in the Directory saw him as a possible leader for a coup. He was killed at the Battle of Novi soon after taking command of the Army of Italy.
• 1799 Battle of Novi Coalition victory in which General Joubert is killed Suvorov's Austro-Russian army defeated the French Army of Italy at Novi in Piedmont. The French commander Barthélemy Joubert was killed early in the fighting. The defeat pushed the French back to the Ligurian coast.
• 1799 Battle of Novi Coalition victory in which General Joubert is killed Suvorov's Austro-Russian army defeated the French Army of Italy at Novi in Piedmont. The French commander Barthélemy Joubert was killed early in the fighting. The defeat pushed the French back to the Ligurian coast.
• 1799 Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland Failed coalition landing in the Batavian Republic British and Russian troops landed in North Holland to overthrow the French-allied Batavian Republic. They captured the Dutch fleet at the Vlieter but were held back at Bergen and Castricum. Under the Convention of Alkmaar the invaders evacuated by mid-November.
• 1799 Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland Failed coalition landing in the Batavian Republic British and Russian troops landed in North Holland to overthrow the French-allied Batavian Republic. They captured the Dutch fleet at the Vlieter but were held back at Bergen and Castricum. Under the Convention of Alkmaar the invaders evacuated by mid-November.