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| 1796 |
| | | After two rapid victories in north Italy, Napoleon marches on Turin and the king of Sardinia asks for an armistice | |
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| 1797 |
| | | Napoleon marches against Vienna and is only two days from the city when the emperor requests an armistice | |
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| 1798 |
| | | Napoleon's campaign in Egypt begins well with the Battle of the Pyramids, a victory over an Egyptian army | |
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| 1798 |
| | | Disaster strikes the French in Egypt when Nelson finds their fleet in Aboukir Bay and destroys it in the Battle of the Nile | |
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| 1798 |
| | | Controversial Alien and Sedition Acts are passed by the US Congress as emergency measures in response to the perceived threat of war with France | |
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| 1799 |
| | | Napoleon leads a costly, unsuccessful and plague-ridden expedition against the Turkish garrisons in Syria | |
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| 1799 |
| | | Napoleon, in Syria, orders 3000 captured defenders of Jaffa to be killed by bayonet or drowning to save ammunition | |
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| 1799 |
| | | British prime minister William Pitt introduces income tax at 10% to pay for the war against France | |
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| 1799 |
| | | Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore, is killed fighting the British at Seringapatam | |
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| 1799 |
| | | Napoleon abandons his army in Egypt and returns hastily to Paris at a time of great political opportunity | |
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