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| c=18th century
| cf=19th century
| yp1=1795
| yp2=1796
| yp3=1797
| year=1798
| ya1=1799
| ya2=1800
| ya3=1801
| dp3=1760s
| dp2=1770s
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1798 was a Common Year Starting On Monday (see link for calendar).
Events
Births
- January 14 - Johan Rudolf Thorbecke , Dutch politician (d. 1872 )
- January 17 - Auguste Comte , French sociologist (d. 1857 )
- January 20 - Anson Jones , 5th and last President Of The Republic Of Texas (d. 1858 )
- March 13 - Abigail Fillmore , First Lady Of The United States
- April 2 - August Heinrich Hoffmann Von Fallersleben , German writer (d. 1874 )
- April 26 - Eugène Delacroix , French painter (d. 1863 )
- April 28 - Duncan Forbes , British linguist (d. 1868 )
- June 14 - František Palacký , Czech historian and politician (d. 1876 )
- June 29 - Giacomo Leopardi , Italian writer (d. 1837 )
- July 21 - François Sebastien Charles Joseph De Croix, Count Of Clerfayt , Austrian field marshal (b. 1733 )
- October 2 - King Charles Albert Of Sardinia (d. 1849 )
- December 24 - Adam Mickiewicz , Polish writer (d. 1855 )
- William Abbot , English actor (d. 1843 )
Deaths
- February 25 - Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc De Nivernais , French diplomat and writer (b. 1716 )
- April 11 - Karl Wilhelm Ramler , German poet (b. 1725 )
- April 29 - Nikolaus Poda Von Neuhaus , German entomologist (b. 1723 )
- May 19 - William Byron, 5th Baron Byron , English dueler (b. 1722 )
- June 4 - Giacomo Casanova , Italian adventurer and writer (b. 1725 )
- June 25 - Thomas Sandby , English cartographer and architect (b. 1721 )
- August 1 - François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers , French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753 )
- August 21 - James Wilson , American politician (b. 1742 )
- September 21 - George Read , American lawyer and signer of the Declaration Of Independence (b. 1733 )
- December 4 - Luigi Galvani , Italian physicist (b. 1737 )
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