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1790 was a
common year starting on Friday
(see link for calendar).
1790
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
December
Unknown dates
Ongoing events
Births
Deaths
top
January
January 8
-
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
.
top
February
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
Congress
for the
abolition
of
slavery
.
top
March
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 Washington
in
New York
as the new
secretary of state
.
top
April
April 10
-
United States
Patent
system established.
top
May
May 29
-
Rhode Island
ratifies the
United States Constitution
and becomes the 13th
U.S. state
.
May 29
- Israel Putnam dies.
top
June
June 23
- Alleged
London Monster
arrested in
London
- he later receives two years for three assaults.
top
July
July 9
-
Russo-Swedish War
:
Second Battle of Svensksund
- In the
Baltic Sea
, the
Swedish
navy captures one third of the
Russia
n fleet.
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
).
top
August
August 4
- A newly passed
tariff
act creates the
Revenue Cutter Service
(the forerunner of the
United States Coast Guard
).
top
December
December 11
-
Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792
: 26,000 Turkish soldiers lose their lives during
Suvorov
's storm of
Izmail
.
top
Unknown dates
William Pitt
refuses to recognize
Belgian
independence.
Construction
begins on the
White House
.
U.S.
Funding Bill
introduced by
Alexander Hamilton
.
Georgetown, Maryland
becomes federal capital of the
U.S.
.
top
Ongoing events
French Revolution
(
1789
-
1799
)
Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792
top
Births
March 29
-
John Tyler
, 10th
President of the United States
(d.
1862
)
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
)
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
)
Edmund Lyons
, 1st Lord Lyons, British admiral (d.
1858
)
top
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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