Explore 451 historical events from 1790–1799.
Sir George Everest was a British surveyor and geographer who served as Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843.
George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (died 1866)
Ferenc Kölcsey was a Hungarian poet, literary critic, orator, and politician, noted for his support of the liberal current in Hungary regarding the politics involving the Austrian …
Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (died 1838)
William Charles Wentworth was an Australian statesman, author, explorer, lawyer, newspaper editor and pastoralist, who became one of the wealthiest and most powerful figures in col…
William Wentworth, Australian journalist, explorer, and politician (died 1872)
Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the most influential intellectua…
Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (born 1706)
Matthew Tilghman was an American planter, and Revolutionary leader from Maryland. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776, where he signed the 1774 Co…
Matthew Tilghman, American politician (born 1718)
William Clingan was a Founding Father of the United States, lawyer, and jurist. As a delegate in the Continental Congress for Pennsylvania from 1777 to 1779, he signed the Articles…
William Clingan, American politician (born 1721)
Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, PC, FRS, styled Viscount Royston between 1754 and 1764, was a British politician and writer.
Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (born 1720)
Thomas Warton was an English literary historian, critic, and poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1785, following the death of William Whitehead.
Thomas Warton, English poet and critic (born 1728)
Israel Putnam, popularly known as "Old Put", was an American military officer and landowner who served in the French and Indian War and American Revolutionary War. He was an office…
Israel Putnam, American general (born 1718)
Jean-Baptiste Louis Romé de l'Isle was a French mineralogist, considered one of the creators of modern crystallography.
Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French geologist and mineralogist (born 1736)
François Hemsterhuis was a Dutch writer on aesthetics and moral philosophy.
François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher and author (born 1721)
Ernst Gideon von Laudon, since 1759 Freiherr von Laudon, was an Austrian military officer of Baltic German descent and one of the most successful opponents of the Prussian king Fre…
Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (born 1717)
Johann Bernhard Basedow was a German educational reformer, teacher and writer. He founded the Philanthropinum, a short-lived but influential progressive school in Dessau, and was t…
Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educator and reformer (born 1723)
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim was a German Catholic priest and coadjutor bishop of Trier, and a historian/theologian. He is remembered as Febronius, the pseudonym under which he wro…
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (born 1701)
Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the field of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. Seen by many as the "fathe…
Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (born 1723)
William Livingston was an American politician and lawyer who served as the first governor of New Jersey (1776–1790) during the American Revolutionary War. As a New Jersey represent…
William Livingston, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (born 1723)
The Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790 was fought between Sweden and Russia from June 1788 to August 1790. The war was ended by the Treaty of Värälä on 14 August 1790 and took place co…
Russo-Swedish War: During the Battle of Svensksund in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captured a third of the Russian…
George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces…
President George Washington signed the Residence Act, selecting a new permanent site along the Potomac River for the…
The 1790 United States census was the first United States census. It recorded the population of the whole United States as of Census Day, August 2, 1790, as mandated by Article 1, …
The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be…