Explore 146 historical events from 1790–1799.
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. Lisle is known for writing the words and music of the Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin…
French composer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle wrote "La Marseillaise", now the national anthem of France
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 was disbanded following the Russian invasion of Poland
Captain George Vancouver was an English Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for leading the Vancouver Expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pac…
Captain George Vancouver of the Royal Navy claimed the land around Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest for Great Britai
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
James Buchanan Jr. was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He also served as the 17th United States secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and represe…
James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States (died 1868)
Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American inventor and painter. After establishing his reputation as a portrait painter, Morse, in his middle age, contributed to the invention of …
Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor, co-invented the Morse code (died 1872)
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)
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)
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)
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
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
Manuel José Blanco y Calvo de Encalada was a vice-admiral in the Chilean Navy, a political figure, and Chile's first President (Provisional) (1826).
Manuel Blanco Encalada, Spanish-Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (died 1876)
William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, styled Marquess of Hartington until 1811, was an English peer, courtier and Whig politician. Known as the "Bachelor Duke",…
William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Lord Chamberlain of the Household (died 1858)
Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. As a botanist and …
Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (died 1842)
James Pradier was a Genevan-born French sculptor best known for his work in the neoclassical style.
James Pradier, French neoclassical sculptor (died 1852)
Ferdinand Raimund was an Austrian actor and playwright.
Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (died 1836)
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)