1798
Year before 1799
1798 is the year, typically used to date events, documents, or artifacts from that time: a letter dated 1798, the Rebellion of 1798.
When spoken, it's "seventeen ninety-eight." Like other years, it functions as a noun or adjective: 1798 was turbulent, the 1798 uprising.
events
Late-1700s republican upheaval
- Quasi-WarConflict without formal declaration
- Roman RepublicRome before its emperors
- NapoleonFrench emperor, military genius
- BonaparteFrench imperial family name
Wordsworth · Coleridge · Haydn · Malthus
era
Era prioritizing reason over dogma
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- FederalistConstitutional ratification supporter
- NapoleonicOf the French emperor
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
neoclassicism · rococo · industrialization · monarchy · republic · constitution · muskets · sailing ships
French Revolution
Late-1700s republican upheaval
- Quasi-WarConflict without formal declaration
- Roman RepublicRome before its emperors
- NapoleonFrench emperor, military genius
Bonaparte · Wordsworth · Coleridge · Haydn · Malthus
Enlightenment
Era prioritizing reason over dogma
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- FederalistConstitutional ratification supporter
- NapoleonicOf the French emperor
colonialism · neoclassicism · rococo · industrialization · monarchy · republic · constitution · muskets · sailing ships · powdered wigs