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Napoleon, with distinguished scientists in his fleet, sails to invade Egypt
British explorer George Bass sails round Tasmania in an open whaleboat, discovering the strait which now bears his name
Austrian author Alois Senefelder, experimenting with grease and water on stone, discovers the principles of lithography
Napoleon's campaign in Egypt begins well with the Battle of the Pyramids, a victory over an Egyptian army
The US public is outraged by news of the XYZ Affair, in which the French ask for bribes before being willing to negotiate a treaty
Irish nationalist Wolfe Tone, convicted of treason for his failed invasion, cuts his throat to cheat the British gallows
US author Charles Brockden Brown publishes Wieland, the first of four novels setting Gothic romance in an American context
The British acquire a foothold in the Persian Gulf by making Oman a protectorate
Disaster strikes the French in Egypt when Nelson finds their fleet in Aboukir Bay and destroys it in the Battle of the Nile
Controversial Alien and Sedition Acts are passed by the US Congress as emergency measures in response to the perceived threat of war with France
Dora gives birth in Bushy House to Mary, the first of seven children of the Duke of Clarence to be born in the house in the following nine years
English poets Wordsworth and Coleridge jointly publish Lyrical Ballads, a milestone in the Romantic movement
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' is published in Lyrical Ballads
Napoleon's soldiers discover a black basalt slab, the Rosetta Stone, near the village of Rashid in Egypt
In his doctorate the 22-year-old Carl Friedrich Gauss, subsequently recognized as one of the most brilliant of mathematicians, proves the fundamental theorem of algebra
Napoleon leads a costly, unsuccessful and plague-ridden expedition against the Turkish garrisons in Syria
The tsar, Paul I, establishes the Russian-American Company with the express purpose of developing Alaska
Haydn's oratorio The Creation has its first public performance in Vienna, in the Burgtheater
Napoleon, in Syria, orders 3000 captured defenders of Jaffa to be killed by bayonet or drowning to save ammunition
In a famous moment of calculated courage Napoleon visits and touches the sick in a plague hospital in Jaffa
A Sikh maharajah, Ranjit Singh, captures Lahore and makes it his capital in his campaign to unify the Punjab
English surveyor William Smith compiles a manuscript, Order of the Strata, revealing chronology through fossils in rocks
British prime minister William Pitt introduces income tax at 10% to pay for the war against France
The British parliament passes a Combination Act, classing any association of labourers as a criminal conspiracy
A Portuguese prince regent, the future John VI, rules on behalf of his deranged mother, Queen Maria
