Explore 312 historical events from 1790–1799.
Minh Mạng, also known as Minh Mệnh, was the second emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam, reigning from 14 February 1820 until his death, on 20 January 1841. He was the fourth s…
Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor (died 1841)
The Constitution of 3 May 1791, titled the Government Act, was a written constitution for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that was adopted by the Great Sejm that met between 178…
The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commo
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator. In the United States and United Kingdom, he is best known as one…
The British under Charles Cornwallis defeat a Mysorean army under Tipu Sultan in the battle of Arakere
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799.…
French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance
Louis XVI was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became t…
King Louis XVI, disguised as a valet, and the French royal family attempt to flee Paris during the French Revolution
Louis XVI was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became t…
King Louis XVI and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution
Félix Savart was a French physicist and mathematician who is primarily known for the Biot–Savart law of electromagnetism, which he discovered together with his colleague Jean-Bapti…
Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist (died 1841)
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, also known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Jr., was the youngest child of six born to composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his wife Constanze and the younge…
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1844)
Richard Price was a Welsh moral philosopher, Nonconformist minister and mathematician. He was also a political reformer and pamphleteer, active in radical, republican, and liberal …
Richard Price, Welsh-English preacher and philosopher (born 1723)
Padua is a city and comune (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, 40 kilometres w…
At Padua, the Emperor Leopold II calls on the monarchs of Europe to join him in demanding the king of France Louis…
The Priestley Riots took place from 14 July to 17 July 1791 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; the rioters' main targets were religious dissenters, most notably the politically …
Beginning of Priestley Riots (to 17 July) in Birmingham targeting Joseph Priestley as a supporter of the French…
The National Guard is a French military, gendarmerie, and police reserve force, active in its current form since 2016 but originally founded in 1789 during the French Revolution. I…
Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins…
Francis Hopkinson was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, author, and composer. He designed Continental paper money and two early versions of flags, one for the United Sta…
Francis Hopkinson, American judge and politician (born 1737)
Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Haldimand, KB was a Swiss army officer and colonial administrator best known for his service in the British Army in North America during the Seven …
Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-Canadian general and politician, 22nd governor of Quebec (born 1718)
Lieutenant général des armées navales Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte was a French Navy officer. Over a career spanning 50 years, he served under Louis XV and Louis XVI and…
Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (born 1720)
Martin Dobrizhoffer was an Austrian Roman Catholic missionary and writer.
Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian missionary and author (born 1717)
Isaac Low was an American merchant in New York City who served as a member of the Continental Congress, where he signed the Continental Association. He later served as a delegate t…
Isaac Low, American merchant and politician (born 1735)
The Great Sejm, also known as the Four-Year Sejm was a Sejm (parliament) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that was held in Warsaw between 1788 and 1792. Its principal aim beca…
The Great Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ratified the first codified national constitution in Europe
The Priestley Riots took place from 14 July to 17 July 1791 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; the rioters' main targets were religious dissenters, most notably the politically …
The Priestley Riots, targeting religious dissenters such as Joseph Priestley, began in Birmingham, England.
Rhode Island is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean…
Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of
Manuel Quimper Benítez del Pino was a Spanish Peruvian explorer, cartographer, naval officer, and colonial official. He participated in charting the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the …
Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca
In the United States of America, copyright grants monopoly protection for "original works of authorship". With the stated purpose to promote art and culture, copyright law assig…
The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790
The Swedish Navy is the maritime service branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet, sometimes formally referred to as the …
The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was a law passed on 12 July 1790 during the French Revolution, that sought the complete control over the Catholic Church in France by the Frenc…
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.