Explore 312 historical events from 1790–1799.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, or simply Camille Corot, was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching. A pivotal figure in landscape painting, his va…
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and etcher (died 1875)
Immanuel Hermann Fichte was a German philosopher and son of Johann Gottlieb Fichte. In his philosophy, he was a theist and strongly opposed to the Hegelian school.
Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (died 1879)
Franz Adolf Berwald was a Swedish Romantic composer and violinist. He made his living as an orthopedist and later as the manager of a saw mill and glass factory, and became more ap…
Franz Berwald, Swedish surgeon and composer (died 1868)
George Catlin was an American lawyer, painter, author, and traveler, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the American frontier. Traveling to the American West five …
George Catlin, American painter, author, and traveler (died 1872)
Ignaz Bösendorfer was an Austrian musician and piano manufacturer, who in 1828 founded the Bösendorfer company in Vienna-Josefstadt.
Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian businessman, founded the Bösendorfer Company (died 1859)
Johan Carl Wilcke was a Swedish physicist.
Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (born 1732)
Johann Peter Uz was a German poet.
Johann Uz, German poet and author (born 1720)
Baron Carl Fredrik Pechlin was a Swedish politician and demagogue.
Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (born 1720)
Samuel Whitbread was a British brewer and politician. In 1742, he established a brewery that in 1799 became Whitbread & Co Ltd.
Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded the Whitbread Company (born 1720)
Richard Gridley was a soldier and engineer who served for the British Army during the French and Indian Wars and for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer (born 1710)
Abraham Yates Jr. was an American lawyer, civil servant, and pamphleteer from Albany, New York.
Abraham Yates Jr
Field Marshal Sir George Howard KB PC was a British Army officer and politician. After commanding the 3rd Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Fontenoy in May 1745 during the War of t…
George Howard, English field marshal and politician (born 1718)
Robert Burns, also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the…
Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (born 1759)
Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, No…
Tennessee was admitted as the 16th state of the United States
Swellendam is the third oldest town in South Africa, a town with 17,537 inhabitants situated in the Western Cape province. The town has over 50 provincial heritage sites, most of t…
The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic
Gérard Paul Deshayes was a French geologist and conchologist.
Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and chronologist (died 1875)
Johns Hopkins was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist best known for funding the establishment of Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital, which have sin…
Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1873)
Pedro Bernardino María de Anaya y Álvarez was a Mexican soldier who served twice as interim president of Mexico during the Mexican-American War. Inbetween presidencies, he directly…
Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier
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 Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed
James Braid was a Scottish surgeon, natural philosopher, and "gentleman scientist". He was a significant innovator in the treatment of clubfoot, spinal curvature, knock-knees, ban…
James Braid, Scottish-English surgeon (died 1860)
Ernst Heinrich Weber was a German physician who is considered one of the founders of experimental psychology.
Ernst Heinrich Weber, German physician and psychologist (died 1878)
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy was a French Catholic clergyman, archaeologist, numismatologist and scholar who became the first person to decipher an extinct language. He deciphered the P…
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and author (born 1716)
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Rogers was a British Army officer and frontiersman. Born in Methuen, Province of Massachusetts Bay, he fought in King George's War, the French and Indian …
Robert Rogers, English colonel (born 1731)
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: In what became known as Cornwallis's Retreat, a British Royal Navy squadron led by Vice Admir