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1794 was a Common Year Starting On Wednesday (see link for calendar).
- February 4 - The French Republic abolishes slavery.
- February 11 - 1st session of the United States Senate is open to the public.
- March 14 - Eli Whitney is granted a Patent for the Cotton Gin .
- March 27 - The United States Government authorized the building of the first six United States Navy vessels (in 1797 the first three frigates, USS ''United States'' , USS ''Constellation'' and USS ''Constitution'' went into service), not to be confused with October 13 , 1775 which is observed as the Navy's Birthday .
- April 5 - Execution of Georges Danton
- April 30 - Battle Of Boulou between French and Spanish forces.
- May 8 - French chemist Antoine Lavoisier is executed by Guillotine .
- May 18 - Battle Of Tourcoing between French and British forces.
- May 28 - June 1 - The Glorious First Of June (Battle of Ushant), naval battle between British and French.
- June 4 - British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti .
- June 26 - Battle Of Fleurus between French forces and those Austria .
- July 13 - Battle Of The Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria
- ousts Maximilien Robespierre - he is arrested when he encourages the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution."
- July 28 - Maximilien Robespierre is Guillotine d in front of a cheering crowd, for sending thousands of others to a similar fate during the French Revolution .
- of Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on Liquor and distilled drinks.
- August 20 - Battle Of Fallen Timbers - American troops force a confederacy of Shawnee , Mingo , Delaware , Wyandot , Miami , Ottawa , Chippewa and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat.
- October 22 - Fort Wayne founded in what is now the U.S. state of Indiana .
- October 2 - Battle Of Aldenhoven between French forces and those Austria .
- November 19 - The United States and the Kingdom Of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty , which attempts to clear up some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War .
- November 20 - Battle Of St-Laurent-de-la-Muga fought between French and Spanish forces.
- January 4 - Nicolas Luckner , Marshal of France (executed) (b. 1722 )
- January 6 - Louis D'Elbée , French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1752 )
- January 8 - Justus Möser , German statesman (b. 1720 )
- January 16 - Edward Gibbon , English historian (b. 1737 )
- January 28 - Henri De La Rochejaquelein , French Revolutionary leader (b. 1772 )
- January 31 - Marriott Arbuthnot , British admiral (b. 1711 )
- March 24 - Jacques Hébert , French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1757 )
- March 28 - Marquis De Condorcet , French mathematician, philosopher, and political scientist (died in prison) (b. 1743 )
- April 5 - Georges Danton , French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1759 )
- April 5 - Camille Desmoulins , French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1760 )
- April 5 - Marie Jean Hérault De Séchelles , French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1759 )
- April 5 - Fabre D'Églantine , French dramatist and revolutionary (executed) (b. 1750 )
- April 5 - François Joseph Westermann , French Revolutionary leader and general (executed)
- April 13 - Pierre Gaspard Chaumette , French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1763 )
- April 13 - Lucile Duplessis , wife of Camille Desmoulins (executed) (b. 1770 )
- April 18 - Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden , Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714 )
- April 23 - Guillaume-Chrétien De Lamoignon De Malesherbes , French statesman (executed) (b. 1721 )
- April 27 - Sir William Jones , British philologist (b. 1746 )
- May 8 - Antoine Lavoisier , French chemist (executed) (b. 1743 )
- June 14 - Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess Of Hertford , Viceroy of Ireland (b. 1718 )
- June 17 - Marguerite-Élie Guadet , French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1753 )
- June 18 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot , French Revolutionary leader (suicide) (b. 1760 )
- June 18 - James Murray , British military officer and administrator
- June 27 - Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz , Austrian statesman (b. 1711 )
- June 27 - Philippe De Noailles, Duc De Mouchy , French soldier (executed) (b. 1715 )
- June 27 - Charles-Louis-Victor, Prince De Broglie , French soldier (executed) (b. 1756 )
- July 17 - John Roebuck , English inventor (b. 1718 )
- July 23 - Alexandre, Vicomte De Beauharnais , French politician and general (executed) (b. 1760 )
- July 25 , André Chénier , French writer (executed) (b. 1762 )
- July 28 - Maximilien Robespierre , French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1758 )
- July 28 - Augustin Robespierre , French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1763 )
- July 28 - Louis De Saint-Just , French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1767 )
- July 28 - François Hanriot , French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1761 )
- August 6 - Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst , British politician (b. 1714 )
- September 4 - John Hely-Hutchinson , Irish statesman (b. 1724 )
- September 15 - Abraham Clark , American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1725 )
- September 25 - Paul Rabaut , French Huguenot pastor (b. 1718 )
- November 3 - François-Joachim De Pierre De Bernis , French cardinal and statesman (b. 1715 )
- November 15 - John Witherspoon , American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1723 )
- November 16 - Jean-Baptiste Carrier , French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1756 )
- November 22 - John Alsop , American Continental Congressman (b. 1724 )
- November 28 - Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben , Prussian army officer (b. 1730 )
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