Timeline February 1799

Events in February 1799 10

• 1728 – 1799 Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799) Died 4 February 1799, aged 70 French neoclassical architect known for visionary designs that were never built, above all his giant spherical Cenotaph for Newton. He taught at the Académie d'Architecture. His drawings influenced later monumental architecture.
• 1728 – 1799 Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799) Died 4 February 1799, aged 70 French neoclassical architect known for visionary designs that were never built, above all his giant spherical Cenotaph for Newton. He taught at the Académie d'Architecture. His drawings influenced later monumental architecture.
• 1729 – 1799 Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729-1799) Died 11 February 1799, aged 70 Italian priest and biologist whose experiments challenged the theory of spontaneous generation. He studied digestion, animal reproduction and echolocation in bats. He performed early experiments in artificial insemination.
• 1729 – 1799 Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729-1799) Died 11 February 1799, aged 70 Italian priest and biologist whose experiments challenged the theory of spontaneous generation. He studied digestion, animal reproduction and echolocation in bats. He performed early experiments in artificial insemination.
• 1733 – 1799 Jean-Charles de Borda (1733-1799) Died 19 February 1799, aged 65 French mathematician, naval officer and physicist who devised the Borda count voting method. He improved navigational instruments, including the repeating circle. He was a leading figure in establishing the metric system.
• 1733 – 1799 Jean-Charles de Borda (1733-1799) Died 19 February 1799, aged 65 French mathematician, naval officer and physicist who devised the Borda count voting method. He improved navigational instruments, including the repeating circle. He was a leading figure in establishing the metric system.
• 1742 – 1799 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) Died 24 February 1799, aged 56 German physicist and satirist at the University of Göttingen. He discovered the branching electrical discharge patterns now called Lichtenberg figures. His notebooks of aphorisms made him one of the great German prose writers.
• 1742 – 1799 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) Died 24 February 1799, aged 56 German physicist and satirist at the University of Göttingen. He discovered the branching electrical discharge patterns now called Lichtenberg figures. His notebooks of aphorisms made him one of the great German prose writers.
• 1799 Napoleon takes Gaza Qasr al-Basha his residence On his Syrian campaign Napoleon took Gaza and stayed in the Mamluk-era villa Qasr al-Basha.
• 1799 – 1854 Frederick Catherwood (1799-1854) Died 27 September 1854, aged 55 Catherwood was an English architect and artist renowned for his detailed illustrations of ancient Maya ruins made during expeditions with explorer John Lloyd Stephens. He died when the steamship SS Arctic sank after a collision in the North Atlantic.