Timeline March 1799

Events in March 1799 8

• 1799 Royal Institution founded London body for science teaching and research Leading scientists met at Sir Joseph Banks's house in London to found the Royal Institution, promoted by Count Rumford. It was set up to spread scientific knowledge and apply it to everyday life. Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday later worked in its laboratories.
• 1799 Royal Institution founded London body for science teaching and research Leading scientists met at Sir Joseph Banks's house in London to found the Royal Institution, promoted by Count Rumford. It was set up to spread scientific knowledge and apply it to everyday life. Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday later worked in its laboratories.
• 1799 France declares war on Austria The War of the Second Coalition widens France declared war on Austria, bringing the Habsburg monarchy fully into the Second Coalition alongside Britain, Russia and the Ottoman Empire. Campaigns followed in Germany, Switzerland and Italy. By the end of the year the coalition had reversed most French gains in Italy.
• 1799 France declares war on Austria The War of the Second Coalition widens France declared war on Austria, bringing the Habsburg monarchy fully into the Second Coalition alongside Britain, Russia and the Ottoman Empire. Campaigns followed in Germany, Switzerland and Italy. By the end of the year the coalition had reversed most French gains in Italy.
• 1799 Public premiere of Haydn's The Creation Haydn's oratorio is performed at the Burgtheater Joseph Haydn's oratorio Die Schöpfung received its first public performance at the Burgtheater in Vienna, after private performances in 1798. It was a great success and was soon performed across Europe. It remains one of the best-known works of the Classical period.
• 1799 Public premiere of Haydn's The Creation Haydn's oratorio is performed at the Burgtheater Joseph Haydn's oratorio Die Schöpfung received its first public performance at the Burgtheater in Vienna, after private performances in 1798. It was a great success and was soon performed across Europe. It remains one of the best-known works of the Classical period.
• 1799 Siege of Acre Napoleon's advance into Syria is halted Bonaparte besieged the Ottoman fortress of Acre, held by Jazzar Pasha with British naval support under Sir Sidney Smith. After two months of failed assaults and losses to plague, the French lifted the siege and retreated to Egypt. The defeat ended Napoleon's ambitions in the Levant.
• 1799 Siege of Acre Napoleon's advance into Syria is halted Bonaparte besieged the Ottoman fortress of Acre, held by Jazzar Pasha with British naval support under Sir Sidney Smith. After two months of failed assaults and losses to plague, the French lifted the siege and retreated to Egypt. The defeat ended Napoleon's ambitions in the Levant.