1790

Year 1790 (''' MDCCXC ''') was a Common Year Starting On Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Tuesday
"Calendar for year 1790 (Russia)" (full Julian calendar),
Steffen Thorsen, Time and Date AS, 2007, webpage:
Julian1790 .

of the 11-day slower Julian Calendar ).

EVENTS OF 1790

January - June

January 8 - U.S. President George Washington gives the first State Of The Union Address .

January 30 - The first boat specialized as a Lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne .

February 1 - In New York City the Supreme Court Of The United States convenes for the first time.

February 4 - Louis XVI Of France declares to the National Assembly that he will maintain the Constitution al laws.

February 11 - Religious Society Of Friends petitions the United States Congress for the Abolition of Slavery .

March 1 - The first United States Census is authorized.

March 4 - France is divided into 83 Département s, which cut across the former Province s, in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.

March 21 - Thomas Jefferson reported to President George Washington in New York as the new Secretary Of State Of The United States .

Battle Of Reval

April 10 - United States Patent system is established.

April 17 - Ben Franklin dies at age 84.

sent the battlefleet to eliminate the Russian squadron wintering at Reval ( Estonia ), but is defeated: killing 8 Russians, 51 Swedes are killed, 250 captured, and 2 ships are sunk.

May 29 - Rhode Island ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 13th U.S. State .

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June 23 - Alleged London Monster arrested in London : he later receives two years for three assaults.

July - December

- In a massive Baltic Sea battle of 300 ships, the Swedish navy captures one third of the Russia n fleet: 304 Swedes killed, 3500 Russians killed, 6000 captured, 51 Russian ships sunk & 22 taken.

celebrate the constitutional monarchy and national reconciliation in the Fête De La Fédération .

July 16 - The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District Of Columbia (seat of government) of the United States (see Washington, DC ).

July 31 - Inventor Samuel Hopkins becomes the first to be issued a U.S. Patent (for an improved method of making Potash ).

August 4 - A newly passed U.S. Tariff act creates the '' Revenue Cutter Service '' (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard ).

's storm of Izmail .

Undated

Prime Minister of Great Britain William Pitt refuses to recognize Belgian independence.

Construction begins on the White House .

U.S. Funding Bill is introduced by Alexander Hamilton .

Georgetown, Maryland becomes federal capital of the United States .

The first United States Census is taken.

ONGOING EVENTS

French Revolution ( 1789 - 1799 ).

Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792 .

BIRTHS

March 29 - John Tyler , 10th President Of The United States (d. 1862 )

May 20 - Micajah Thomas Hawkins , American politician (d. 1858 )

May 23 - Jules Dumont D'Urville , French explorer (d. 1842 )

June 1 - Ferdinand Raimund , Austrian playwright (d. 1836 )

September 6 - John Green Crosse , English surgeon (d. 1850 )

November 17 - August Ferdinand Möbius , German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1868 )

November 21 - Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons , British admiral (d. 1858 )

December 8 - Augustus Meineke , German Classical Scholar (d. 1870 )

December 16 - Léopold I Of Belgium (d. 1865 )

December 19 - William Edward Parry , English Arctic explorer (d. 1855 )

December 23 - Jean-François Champollion , French Egyptologist (d. 1832 )

''probable'' - Lone Horn , Minneconjou chief (d. 1875 )

: ''See also .''

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 )

''date unknown'' - John Hulse , English Clergyman (b. 1708 )

: ''See also .''

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