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23 July 1803
Irish rebellion crushed
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Robert Emmet leads an unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in
Ireland. Inspired by the United Irishmen's revolt of 1798, Emmet has decided
to act in anticipation of a French invasion
of England, having met with Napoleon in Paris. The revolt fails and
Emmet is captured and hanged by the British. The French, whose fleet twice
failed to land invasion forces in Ireland in the 1790s, are denied an
ally and a land base off Britain's western shores. It will cost them dearly
in the ongoing war with the British.
'A revolution is one of the greatest evils that can afflict the earth,
it enriches the poor, without satisfying them; it impoverishes the rich
who will never forget it; it upsets all; it brings adversity upon all;
and happiness to none.' Napoleon
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