| in?=
| cp=17th century
| c=18th century
| cf=19th century
| yp1=1787
| yp2=1788
| yp3=1789
| year=1790
| ya1=1791
| ya2=1792
| ya3=1793
| dp3=1760s
| dp2=1770s
| dp1=1780s
| d=1790s
| dn1=1800s
| dn2=1810s
| dn3=1820s
}}
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1790 was a Common Year Starting On Friday (see link for calendar).
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
December
Unknown dates
Ongoing events
Births
Deaths
- January 13 - Luc Urbain De Bouexic, Comte De Guichen , French admiral (b. 1712 )
- January 15 - John Landen , English mathematician (b. 1719 )
- January 31 - Thomas Lewis , Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718 )
- February 5 - William Cullen , Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710 )
- February 20 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1741 )
- March 12 - Andreas Hadik , Austro-Hungarian general (b. 1710 )
- April 17 - Benjamin Franklin , American scientist and statesman (b. 1706 )
- May 4 - Matthew Tilghman , American Continental Congressman (b. 1718 )
- May 9 - William Clingan , American Continental Congressman
- May 16 - Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl Of Hardwicke , English politician (b. 1720 )
- May 21 - Thomas Warton , English poet (b. 1728 )
- May 29 - Israel Putnam , American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718 )
- July 3 - Jean-Baptiste L. Romé De L'Isle , French chemist (b. 1736 )
- July 7 - François Hemsterhuis , Dutch philosopher (b. 1721 )
- July 14 - Ernst Gideon Freiherr Von Laudon , Austrian field marshal (b. 1717 )
- July 17 - Adam Smith , Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723 )
- July 25 - Johann Bernhard Basedow , German educational reformer (b. 1723 )
- July 25 - William Livingston , Governor of New Jersey (b. 1723 )
- September 2 - Johann Nikolaus Von Hontheim , German historian and theologian (b. 1701 )
- October 19 - Lyman Hall , American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1724 )
- November 6 - James Bowdoin , American Revolutionary leader and politician (b. 1726 )
- November 16 - Daniel Of St. Thomas Jenifer , American Continental Congressman (b. 1723 )
- John Hulse , Divine (b. 1708 )
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