The 1790s

Explore 146 historical events from 1790–1799.

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1790 14 1791 9 1792 20 1793 8 1794 24 1795 11 1796 15 1797 15 1798 14 1799 16

1790

Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (born 1706)

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)

1790

Israel Putnam, American general (born 1718)

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)