Explore 451 historical events from 1790–1799.
The Jardin des Plantes, also known as the Jardin des Plantes de Paris when distinguished from other jardins des plantes in other cities, is the main botanical garden in France. Jar…
The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris
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: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safet
The Haitian Revolution, also known as the Haitian War of Independence, was a successful insurrection by enslaved Africans against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the so…
Haitian Revolution: The Battle of Cap-Français ends with French Republican troops and black slave insurgents capturing t
The Constitution of 1793, also known as the Constitution of the Year I or the Montagnard Constitution, was the second constitution ratified for use during the French Revolution und…
The first Republican constitution in France is adopted
Sir Alexander Mackenzie was a Scottish explorer and fur trader known for accomplishing the first crossing of North America north of Mexico by a European in 1793. The Mackenzie Rive…
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental…
The Kingdom of Prussia was a German state that existed from 1701 to 1918. It played a significant role in the unification of Germany in 1871 and was a major constituent of the Germ…
Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
Rhône is a French department located in the east-central administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Rhône, its prefecture is Lyon. Its sole subprefecture …
The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
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: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
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: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted France against Great B…
French Revolutionary Wars: The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish…
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted France against Great B…
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
The War of the Pyrenees, also known as War of Roussillon or War of the Convention, was the Pyrenean front of the First Coalition's war against the First French Republic. It pitted …
War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. It is loca…
The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
Ferdinand I was Emperor of Austria from March 1835 until his abdication in December 1848. He was also King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia, King of Lombardy–Venetia and holder of …
Ferdinand I of Austria (died 1875)
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor was an American statesman, jurist, ordained Baptist minister, war veteran, slave owner, and a co-founder and the namesake of Baylor University. Accordi…
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Joseph Earl Sheffield was an American railroad magnate and philanthropist.
Joseph Earl Sheffield, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1882)
Josef Ludwig Franz Ressel was an Austrian forester and inventor who designed one of the first working ship's propellers.
Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller (died 1857)
Colonel Pavel Ivanovich Pestel was a Russian revolutionary and ideologue of the Decembrists.
Pavel Pestel, Russian officer (died 1826)
John Clare was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and his sorrows at its disruption. His work underwent ma…
John Clare, English poet and author (died 1864)
Almira Lincoln Phelps was an American scientist, educator, author, and editor. Her botany writings influenced more early American women to be botanists, including Eunice Newton Foo…
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps, American educator, author, editor (died 1884)
John Neal was an American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist. Considered both eccentric and influential, he delivered speeches and published essays, novels, poems, and …
John Neal, American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist (died 1876)
Harriet Arbuthnot was an early 19th-century English diarist, social observer and political hostess on behalf of the Tory party. During the 1820s she was the closest woman friend of…
Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (died 1834)
Martin Gerbert, was a German theologian, historian and writer on music, belonged to the noble family of Gerbert von Hornau, and was born at Horb am Neckar, Württemberg, on 12 Augus…
Martin Gerbert, German historian and theologian (born 1720)
Pietro Nardini was an Italian composer and violinist, a transitional musician who worked in both the Baroque and Classical era traditions.
Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (born 1722)