Early Modern
Irish Rebellion of 1798: The United Irishmen Rise Against Britain
The rebellion was crushed with heavy loss of life, and it led directly to the Act of Union that merged the Irish and British parliaments in 1801.
Era · c. 1500 – 1800
Early Modern
Voyages of exploration, the Reformation and the age of revolutions that reshaped Europe and the wider world.
Early Modern
Alien and Sedition Acts (1798): Free Speech in the Early Republic
The laws were used to prosecute Republican editors and critics; they became deeply unpopular, contributed to the Federalists' defeat in 1800 and mostly expired by 1801.
Early Modern
Cavendish Experiment (1798): Henry Cavendish Weighs the Earth
Cavendish found the mean density of the Earth to be about 5.48 times that of water, close to the modern value, the first accurate laboratory measurement of gravity between masses.