Major Events
- Jul 15 The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign
- Nov 9 Napoleon Bonaparte pulls off a coup and becomes the dictator of France under the title of First Consul
- Dec 10 Metric system first adopted in France
- More 1799 Events
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Pius VI
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Famous Weddings in 1799
- Apr 11 Politician Henry Clay (21) weds Lucretia Hart in Lexington, Kentucky
- Jun 10 Fur trader and explorer David Thompson (29) marries Metis woman Charlotte Small (13) at Île-à-la-Crosse
Ludwig van Beethoven
John Adams
Napoléon Bonaparte
William Pitt the Younger