1799

Events

 * March 4:
 * Samuel Dexter becomes a Senator of Massachusetts
 * William Harrison becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * December 2:
 * William Wirt becomes Clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates
 * December 14:
 * Alexander Hamilton becomes Senior Office of the United States Army

Births

 * July 15:
 * Reuben Chapman Jr. - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1882)
 * December 5:
 * Joshua Lanier Martin - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1856)

Deaths

 * September 16:
 * Charles Washington - Brother of George Washington (b. 1738)
 * October 20:
 * James Iredell Sr. - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1751)
 * December 14:
 * George Washington - 1st President of the United States (b. 1732)