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Events in June 1799 8
1736 – 1799Patrick Henry (1736-1799)Died 6 June 1799, aged 63Virginia lawyer and orator of the American Revolution, remembered for the words "Give me liberty, or give me death!" He served as the first post-colonial Governor of Virginia. He opposed ratification of the Constitution and pressed for a Bill of Rights.
1736 – 1799Patrick Henry (1736-1799)Died 6 June 1799, aged 63Virginia lawyer and orator of the American Revolution, remembered for the words "Give me liberty, or give me death!" He served as the first post-colonial Governor of Virginia. He opposed ratification of the Constitution and pressed for a Bill of Rights.
1799Parthenopean RepublicShort-lived French-backed republic in NaplesAfter French troops took Naples, local republicans proclaimed the Parthenopean Republic and the Bourbon court fled to Sicily. Cardinal Fabrizio Ruffo's royalist Sanfedisti army retook the city in June. Many leading republicans were then executed.
1799Parthenopean RepublicShort-lived French-backed republic in NaplesAfter French troops took Naples, local republicans proclaimed the Parthenopean Republic and the Bourbon court fled to Sicily. Cardinal Fabrizio Ruffo's royalist Sanfedisti army retook the city in June. Many leading republicans were then executed.
1799Humboldt and Bonpland sail for the AmericasStart of a landmark scientific expeditionAlexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland sailed from A Coruña aboard the Pizarro with Spanish royal permission. They landed at Cumaná in Venezuela in July and began five years of exploration across Spanish America. Their findings shaped modern geography, botany and climatology.
1799Humboldt and Bonpland sail for the AmericasStart of a landmark scientific expeditionAlexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland sailed from A Coruña aboard the Pizarro with Spanish royal permission. They landed at Cumaná in Venezuela in July and began five years of exploration across Spanish America. Their findings shaped modern geography, botany and climatology.
1799Battle of the TrebbiaSuvorov defeats Macdonald in northern ItalyA Russian-Austrian army under Alexander Suvorov defeated the French Army of Naples under Jacques Macdonald on the Trebbia river. The French suffered heavy losses and withdrew toward Genoa. The battle confirmed coalition control of most of northern Italy.
1799Battle of the TrebbiaSuvorov defeats Macdonald in northern ItalyA Russian-Austrian army under Alexander Suvorov defeated the French Army of Naples under Jacques Macdonald on the Trebbia river. The French suffered heavy losses and withdrew toward Genoa. The battle confirmed coalition control of most of northern Italy.