User:MagicalPrince863/1798 in Delaware
 | This is not a Wikipedia article: It is an individual user's work-in-progress page, and may be incomplete and/or unreliable. For guidance on developing this draft, see Wikipedia:So you made a userspace draft. Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
This is a list of events in the year 1798 in Delaware.
incumbents
[edit]events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 2nd – The 22nd Delaware General Assembly convenes succeeding the 22nd.
- January 19th – Joshua Clayton is elected a United States senator from Delaware defeating James Sykes to take John Vining's spot.
February
[edit]March
[edit]April
[edit]May
[edit]June
[edit]July
[edit]August
[edit]September
[edit]- undated – The Wilmington Mercury is founded by W. C. Smyth.[1]
October
[edit]- October 2nd
- James A. Bayard Sr. of Wilmington is reelected as a member of the United States House of Representatives defeating Archibald Alexander.
- Richard Bassett elected the 4th governor defeating David Hall.
- October 30th – The last issue of the The Wilmington Mercury was published.[2]
November
[edit]- undated – The Wilmington Mercury ceased publication.[1]
December
[edit]undated
[edit]- Old Town Hall is built in Wilmington.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Wilmington Mercury". Library of Congress.
- ^ "The Wilmington Mercury. October 30, 1798". Library of Congress. October 30, 1798.