1799

1799 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1799; MDCCXCIX
French Republican calendar	7–8
Ab urbe condita	2552
Armenian calendar	1248; ԹՎ ՌՄԽԸ
Assyrian calendar	6549
Balinese saka calendar	1720–1721
Bengali calendar	1206
Berber calendar	2749
British Regnal year	39 Geo. 3 – 40 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar	2343
Burmese calendar	1161
Byzantine calendar	7307–7308
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse); 4495 or 4435; — to —; 己未年 (Earth Goat); 4496 or 4436
Coptic calendar	1515–1516
Discordian calendar	2965
Ethiopian calendar	1791–1792
Hebrew calendar	5559–5560
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1855–1856
- Shaka Samvat	1720–1721
- Kali Yuga	4899–4900
Holocene calendar	11799
Igbo calendar	799–800
Iranian calendar	1177–1178
Islamic calendar	1213–1214
Japanese calendar	Kansei 11; (寛政１１年)
Javanese calendar	1725–1726
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4132
Minguo calendar	113 before ROC; 民前113年
Nanakshahi calendar	331
Thai solar calendar	2341–2342
Tibetan calendar	阳土马年; (male Earth-Horse); 1925 or 1544 or 772; — to —; 阴土羊年; (female Earth-Goat); 1926 or 1545 or 773

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1760s 1770s 1780s – 1790s – 1800s 1810s 1820s
Years:	1796 1797 1798 – 1799 – 1800 1801 1802

1799 (MDCCXCIX)was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1799th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 799th year of the 2nd millennium, the 99th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1790s decade. As of the start of 1799, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

March 1 – Federalist James Ross becomes President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate.
March 7 – Napoleon captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
March 29 – New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state.
July 7 – Ranjit Singh's men had taken their positions outside Lahore.
July 15 – In the Egyptian port city of Rosetta, French Captain Pierre Bouchard finds the Rosetta Stone.
July 25 – At Aboukir in Egypt, Napoleon I of France defeats 10,000 Ottoman Mamluk troops under Mustafa Pasha.
November 9 – Napoleon overthrows the French Directory.
December – Napoleon becomes First Consul.
The Dutch East India Company is dissolved.
The Place Royale in Paris is renamed Place des Vosges when the Department of Vosges becomes the first to pay new Revolutionary taxes.
The American System of manufacturing is invented.

for more information, see Category:1799 births.

for more information, see Category:1799 deaths.

August 29 – Pope Pius VI, Roman Catholic pope during the French revolution. (b. 1717)

Gregorian calendar	1799 MDCCXCIX
French Republican calendar	7–8
Ab urbe condita	2552
Armenian calendar	1248 ԹՎ ՌՄԽԸ
Assyrian calendar	6549
Balinese saka calendar	1720–1721
Bengali calendar	1206
Berber calendar	2749
British Regnal year	39 Geo. 3 – 40 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar	2343
Burmese calendar	1161
Byzantine calendar	7307–7308
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4495 or 4435 — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 4496 or 4436
Coptic calendar	1515–1516
Discordian calendar	2965
Ethiopian calendar	1791–1792
Hebrew calendar	5559–5560
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1855–1856
- Shaka Samvat	1720–1721
- Kali Yuga	4899–4900
Holocene calendar	11799
Igbo calendar	799–800
Iranian calendar	1177–1178
Islamic calendar	1213–1214
Japanese calendar	Kansei 11 (寛政１１年)
Javanese calendar	1725–1726
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4132
Minguo calendar	113 before ROC 民前113年
Nanakshahi calendar	331
Thai solar calendar	2341–2342
Tibetan calendar	阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1925 or 1544 or 772 — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1926 or 1545 or 773