Events
- c. 24 May–c. 23 September - Irish Rebellion: The Society of United Irishmen stages an uprising against British rule.
- 25 May - Carnew massacre and Massacre of Dunlavin Green: Summary execution of suspected Irish rebels by the British Army in County Wicklow.
- 29 May - Gibbet Rath massacre: Summary execution of 300–500 Irish rebels by the British Army on the Curragh of Kildare.
- 13 July - William Wordsworth's poem Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey on revisiting the banks of the Wye during a tour, 13 July 1798 written.
- 1 August - French Revolutionary Wars: Admiral Nelson's fleet destroys the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile.
- 22 August - A French invasion force lands at Killala in Ireland, capturing the town.
- 31 August - The French General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert proclaims a Republic of Connaught in Ireland, with John Moore as President.
- 8 September - The French invasion force surrenders at the Battle of Ballinamuck to Lord Cornwallis. End of the Republic of Connaught, and the last major battle against a foreign invader on the soil of the British Isles.
- 10 September - Battle of St. George's Caye: British settlers win a victory over Spanish settlers in what is to become the colony of British Honduras.
- 23 September - Battle of Killala: In the last land battle of the Irish Rebellion, the British army defeats the remaining rebel Irish and French forces at Killala.
- 11 October - Elizabeth Inchbald's play Lovers' Vows (adapted from von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe) is first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
- 12 October - Battle of Tory Island: A Royal Navy squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren prevents French Republican ships landing reinforcements for the Society of United Irishmen on the Donegal coast; Irish leader Wolfe Tone is captured and later dies of wounds.
- 4 December - Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger announces the introduction of income tax in 1799.
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