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The action of 16 October 1799 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars between a squadron of British Royal Navy frigates and two frigates of the Spanish Navy close to the Spanish naval port of Vigo in Galicia.
Rear-Admiral William Pierrepont (March 1766 – 7 August 1813) was a Royal Navy officer of the late eighteenth century who is best known for his service in the French Revolutionary Wars as a commander of the frigate HMS Naiad, in which he commanded the British squadron at the action of 16 October 1799 off Vigo, in which one of the largest hauls of prize money ever captured was distributed ...
Battle of Germantown (October 4) Surrender of General Burgoyne, 1821 painting by John Trumbull. Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (October 6) Major Continental Army victories in the Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7); surrender of the British army under General Burgoyne. Victory is crucial in demonstrating to France that the ...
1799 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 ...
Veerapandiya Kattabomman [1] was an 18th-century Palayakarrar and king of Panchalankurichi [2] [3] in present-day Tamil Nadu, India.He fought the British East India Company and was captured by the British with the help of the ruler of the kingdom of Pudukottai, Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman, and at the age of 39 he was hanged at Kayathar on 16 October 1799. [4]
The 1790s (pronounced "seventeen-nineties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1790, and ended on December 31, 1799. Considered as some of the Industrial Revolution 's earlier days, the 1790s called for the start of an anti-imperialist world , as new democracies such as the French First Republic and the United States began flourishing at ...
October 16: Bonaparte arrives in Paris for public celebrations. October 17: Bonaparte is received by the Directory. October 19: The royalist forces in the west, the Chouans, capture Nantes, but are forced to withdraw the next day. October 23: The Russian Czar Paul I orders the withdrawal of Russian troops from the war against the French.
9 October – Sinking of HMS Lutine (1779), a famous treasure wreck, in the West Frisian Islands. 16 October – Action of 16 October 1799: A Spanish treasure convoy worth more than £600,000 is captured by the Royal Navy off Vigo. 18 October – Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland: Capitulation of Anglo-Russian expedition forces in North Holland.