Explore 451 historical events from 1790–1799.
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)
Jean-Gaspard Deburau, sometimes erroneously called Debureau, was a Czech-French mime. He performed from 1816 to the year of his death at the Théâtre des Funambules, which was immor…
Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Czech-French actor and mime (died 1846)
James Lick was an American real estate investor, carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences. The wealthiest man in California at the time of his death, Lick l…
James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder (died 1876)
Hartley Coleridge, possibly David Hartley Coleridge, was an English poet, biographer, essayist, and teacher. He was the eldest son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. His sister S…
Hartley Coleridge, English poet and author (died 1849)
Walter Hunt was an American mechanical engineer. Through the course of his work he became known for being a prolific inventor. He first became involved with mechanical innovations …
Walter Hunt, inventor of the safety pin and other things (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)
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet was a British Army officer who served in the American War of Independence.
Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (born 1720)
Ignaz Alois Anton von Indermauer zu Strelburg und Freifeld was an Austrian nobleman from Tyrol who served as the Landvögte and Kreishauptmann of Vorarlberg from 1791 until his deat…
Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official (born 1759)
John McKinly was an American physician and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a veteran of the French and Indian War, served in the Delaware General Assembly, was the fir…
John McKinly, American physician and politician, first Governor of Delaware (born 1721)
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
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: Commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte (depicted), the French Army of Italy decisively defeated…
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 French defeated Austrian forces in Bassano, Venetia, Italy.
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: A naval engagement between French and British fleets off the coast of Sumatra ended…
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)