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=== October–December === * [[October 2]] – Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland – [[Battle of Alkmaar (1799)|Battle of Alkmaar]]: the Russo-British expedition force wins a small tactical victory over the Franco-Dutch forces. * [[October 6]] – Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland – [[Battle of Castricum]]: Franco-Dutch forces defeat the Russo-British expedition force.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=International Review of Military History|title=not known|publisher=ICMH, International Commission of Military History|year=1984|page=40}}</ref> * [[October 9]] – {{HMS|Lutine|1779|6}} (a famous treasure wreck) is sunk in the [[West Frisian Islands]]. * [[October 12]] – [[Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse]] becomes the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute, from an altitude of {{convert|900|m|ft}}. * [[October 16]] – [[Action of 16 October 1799]]: A Spanish treasure convoy worth more than £54,000,000 is captured by the British [[Royal Navy]] off [[Vigo]]. * [[October 18]] – Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland: Anglo-Russian expedition forces surrender in [[North Holland]]. * [[November 5]] – [[HMS Sceptre (1781)|HMS ''Sceptre'']] is driven ashore and wrecked in a storm in [[Table Bay]], South Africa, with the loss of 349 and 41 survivors.<ref>{{cite book|title=The United Service Magazine|chapter=The Autobiography of Sir John Barrow|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_C6sktnjjNBIC|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_C6sktnjjNBIC/page/n187 337]|year=1847|access-date=November 4, 2008|publisher=H. Colburn}}</ref> * [[November 9]] ([[Coup of 18 Brumaire]]) – [[Napoleon]] overthrows the [[French Directory]] in a ''coup d'état'', which ends the [[French Revolution]]. * [[November 10]] (19 Brumaire) – A remnant of the [[Council of Ancients]] in France abolishes the [[Constitution of the Year III]], and ordains the [[French Consulate]] with Napoleon as First Consul, with the [[Constitution of the Year VIII]]. * [[November 30]] – [[1799–1800 Papal conclave]] opens in [[Venice]] at [[San Giorgio Monastery]]. * [[December 3]] – War of the Second Coalition: [[Battle of Wiesloch (1799)|Battle of Wiesloch]]: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal [[Anton Sztáray]] defeats the French at [[Wiesloch]]. * [[December 10]] – France adopts the metre as its official unit of length. * [[December 14]] – [[George Washington]], first President of the United States, dies at [[Mount Vernon, Virginia]], aged 67. * [[December 31]] – The [[Dutch East India Company]]'s charter is allowed to expire by the [[Batavian Republic]].
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