WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1799
Find out what all happened February to July 1799

War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeats the French at Winterthur, Switzerland, securing control of the northeastern Swiss Plateau because of the town's location at the junction of seven cross-roads. (27. May 1799)

The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign. (15. July 1799)

Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor – Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre. (16. April 1799)

Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. (7. March 1799)

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is invaded and Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George Harris. (4. May 1799)

Action of 18 June 1799: a frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Perrée is captured by the British fleet under Lord Keith (18. June 1799)

Tekle Giyorgis I begins his first of five reigns as Emperor of Ethiopia. (20. July 1799)

The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison. (3. March 1799)

At Abu Qir in Egypt, Napoleon I of France defeats 10,000 Ottomans under Mustafa Pasha. (25. July 1799)

Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of The Punjab (Sikh Empire) . (12. July 1799)

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