WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1799
Find out what all happened August to December 1799

Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power. (23. August 1799)

Sinking of HMS Lutine, with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000. (9. October 1799)

The entire Dutch fleet is captured by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the Second Coalition of the French Revolutionary Wars. (30. August 1799)

France adopts the metre as its official unit of length. (10. December 1799)

French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen. (19. September 1799)

Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse was the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute, from an altitude of 900 meters. (12. October 1799)

Four thousand people attend George Washington's funeral where Henry Lee III declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen." (26. December 1799)

War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch – Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Sztáray de Nagy-Mihaly defeats the French at Wiesloch. (3. December 1799)

Napoleon Bonaparte leads the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming one of its three Consuls (Consulate Government). (9. November 1799)