Events from 1798

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1798

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1798 ID: 665
Napoleon Egyptian Campaign begins; French occupy Papal States, Pope Pius VI taken prisoner
ID: 665
1798 ID: 666
Edward Jenner publishes vaccination research claiming lifelong immunity despite contrary evidence
ID: 666
1798 ID: 667
New England Illuminati panic - Morse and Dwight use fears to attack Jefferson and justify Alien and Sedition Acts
ID: 667
1798 ID: 5453
Systematic demolition of Cluny Abbey begins; locals use it as stone quarry - eventually only 10% of original structure survives
ID: 5453
Cluny

Books & Texts from 1798

📖 samuel-taylor-coleridge - the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner
📖 charles-brockden-brown - wieland-or-the-transformation-an-american-tale
📖 mary-wollstonecraft - maria-or-the-wrongs-of-woman