1794
1794 was a
common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).
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February 4 - The
French Republic abolishes slavery.
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February 11 - 1st session of the
United States Senate is open to the public.
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March 14 -
Eli Whitney is granted a
patent for the
cotton gin.
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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.
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April 5 - Execution of
Georges Danton*
April 30 -
Battle of Boulou between French and Spanish forces.
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May 8 - French chemist
Antoine Lavoisier is executed by
guillotine.
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May 18 -
Battle of Tourcoing between French and British forces.
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May 28 -
June 1 - The
Glorious First of June (Battle of Ushant), naval battle between British and French.
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June 4 -
British troops capture
Port-au-Prince in
Haiti.
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June 26 -
Battle of Fleurus between
French forces and those
Austria.
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July 13 -
Battle of the Vosges between
French forces and those of
Prussia and
Austria*
July 27 -
French Revolution:
French Convention ousts
Maximilien Robespierre - he is arrested when he encourages the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution."
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July 28 -
Maximilien Robespierre is
guillotined in front of a cheering crowd, for sending thousands of others to a similar fate during the
French Revolution.
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August 7 -
Whiskey Rebellion begins: Farmers in the
Monongahela Valley of
Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on
liquor and distilled drinks.
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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.
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October 22 -
Fort Wayne founded in what is now the U.S. state of
Indiana.
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October 2 -
Battle of Aldenhoven between
French forces and those
Austria.
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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.
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November 20 -
Battle of St-Laurent-de-la-Muga fought between French and Spanish forces.
Unknown dates
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Horatio Nelson loses a right eye at
Calvi in
Corsica*
Coffee forbidden by royal decree in
Sweden*
France occupies
Aachen.
Ongoing events
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French Revolution (
1789-
1799)
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French Revolutionary Wars (
1792-
1802)-
First Coalition*
February 20 -
William Carleton, Irish novelist (d.
1869)
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February 21 -
Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and
President of Mexico (d.
1876)
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April 10 -
Matthew Calbraith Perry, American commodore (d.
1858)
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May 17 -
Anna Brownell Jameson, British writer (d.
1860)
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May 27 -
Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (d.
1877)
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July 5 -
Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist and inventor (d.
1851)
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November 3 -
William Cullen Bryant, American poet (d.
1878)
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November 10 -
Robert Towns, Merchant and founder of Townsville, Queensland, Australia (d.
1873)
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Charles Thomas Longley,
Archbishop of Canterbury (d.
1868)
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January 4 -
Nicolas Luckner, Marshal of France (executed) (b.
1722)
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January 6 -
Louis d'Elbée, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b.
1752)
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January 8 -
Justus Möser, German statesman (b.
1720)
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January 16 -
Edward Gibbon, English historian (b.
1737)
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January 28 -
Henri de la Rochejaquelein, French Revolutionary leader (b.
1772)
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January 31 -
Marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b.
1711)
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March 24 -
Jacques Hébert, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b.
1757)
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March 28 -
Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician, philosopher, and political scientist (died in prison) (b.
1743)
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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)
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April 13 -
Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b.
1763)
*April 13 -
Lucile Duplessis, wife of Camille Desmoulins (executed) (b.
1770)
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April 18 -
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b.
1714)
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April 23 -
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b.
1721)
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April 27 -
Sir William Jones, British philologist (b.
1746)
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May 8 -
Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (executed) (b.
1743)
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June 14 -
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (b.
1718)
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June 17 -
Marguerite-Élie Guadet, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b.
1753)
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June 18 -
François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French Revolutionary leader (suicide) (b.
1760)
*June 18 -
James Murray, British military officer and administrator
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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)
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July 17 -
John Roebuck, English inventor (b.
1718)
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July 23 -
Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais, French politician and general (executed) (b.
1760)
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July 25,
André Chénier, French writer (executed) (b.
1762)
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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)
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August 6 -
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (b.
1714)
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September 4 -
John Hely-Hutchinson, Irish statesman (b.
1724)
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September 15 -
Abraham Clark, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b.
1725)
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September 25 -
Paul Rabaut, French Huguenot pastor (b.
1718)
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November 3 -
François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (b.
1715)
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November 15 -
John Witherspoon, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b.
1723)
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November 16 -
Jean-Baptiste Carrier, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b.
1756)
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November 22 -
John Alsop, American Continental Congressman (b.
1724)
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November 28 -
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian army officer (b.
1730)
