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| 1797 |
| | | Samuel Taylor Coleridge says that while writing Kubla Khan he is interrupted by 'a person on business from Porlock' | |
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| 1797 |
| | | Napoleon achieves the peace of Campo Formio, by which Austria cedes the Austrian Netherlands and northern Italy to France | |
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| 1797 |
| | | By the Treaty of Campo Formio the free republic of Venice, created by Napoleon, is handed over to Austrian rule | |
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| 1798 |
| | | After four years in Copenhagen, German artist Caspar David Friedrich makes his life-long home in Dresden | |
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| 1798 |
| | | Napoleon, with distinguished scientists in his fleet, sails to invade Egypt | |
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| 1798 |
| | | British explorer George Bass sails round Tasmania in an open whaleboat, discovering the strait which now bears his name | |
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| 1798 |
| | | Austrian author Alois Senefelder, experimenting with grease and water on stone, discovers the principles of lithography | |
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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 |
| | | 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 | |
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| 1798 |
| | | Irish nationalist Wolfe Tone, convicted of treason for his failed invasion, cuts his throat to cheat the British gallows | |
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