Today in History for Year 1790

Months in Year 1790: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 40 of 40

Jan 8th - 1st US President George Washington delivers 1st state of the union address
Jan 11th - Statisten & Vonckisten unite as Belgium
Jan 26th - Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna
Jan 30th - Lifeboat 1st tested at sea, by Mr Greathead, the inventor
Feb 1st - Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)
Feb 11th - Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
Mar 1st - 1st US census authorized
Mar 4th - France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.
Mar 13th - John Martin, 1st American-born actor, performs in Philadelphia
Mar 21st - Thomas Jefferson reports to Pres Washington in NY as Sec of State
Mar 22nd - Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State
Mar 26th - Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency
Mar 27th - The modern shoestring (string and shoe holes) invented in England
Apr 3rd - Revenue Marine Service (US Coast Guard), created
Apr 10th - Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth
Apr 10th - US Patent system forms
Apr 30th - Colonial troops occupy Bonni's marroon village
May 26th - Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress
May 29th - Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution
US President Thomas Jefferson May 31st - US copyright law enacted
May 31st - Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Jun 9th - 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book"
Jul 9th - Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund - in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
Jul 16th - US Congress establishes District of Columbia
Jul 26th - US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts
Jul 31st - 1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process
Aug 1st - 1st US census (population of 3,939,214; 697,624 are slaves)
Aug 2nd - The first US Census is conducted.
Aug 4th - US Coast Guard founded as Revenue Cutter Service
Aug 9th - Columbia returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st ship to carry US flag around the world
Aug 10th - Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage
Aug 14th - Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Verela
Oct 23rd - Slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed)
Oct 28th - NY gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000
Nov 11th - Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China
Dec 2nd - Austrian army occupies Brussels
Dec 6th - The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dec 17th - Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City
Dec 20th - 1st successful US cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket, RI)
Dec 22nd - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 38 of 38

Jan 9th - Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet (Lycksalighetens)
Jan 19th - Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna)
Feb 11th - Ignaz Assmayer, composer
Feb 16th - Chretien Urhan, composer
Feb 18th - Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician
Mar 14th - Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (d. 1863)
Mar 15th - Nicola Vaccai, composer
Mar 15th - Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician (d. 1861)
Mar 29th - John Tyler, Va, (D/W) 10th Pres (1841-1845)
Mar 30th - Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877
Apr 30th - John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrialist
May 6th - Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer
May 12th - [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer
May 23rd - Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
Jun 1st - Salomon J Rappoport, Czech rabbi/learned (Ereg miliem)
Jun 1st - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
Jun 10th - Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer
Jun 13th - Jose Antonio Peez, president of Venezuela
Jun 19th - John Gibson, British (?) sculptor
US President John Tyler (Mar 29th) Jun 21st - Wilhelm Speyer, composer
Jul 4th - George Everest, Welsh surveyor (d. 1866)
Aug 13th - William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
Sep 20th - Francisco Acuna the Figueroa, Uruguayan poet (Toraidas)
Oct 3rd - John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation (d. 1866)
Oct 8th - Waldemar Thrane, composer
Oct 10th - George Gerson, composer
Oct 14th - Thursday October Christian (d. 1831)
Oct 21st - Alphonse-Marie Louis de Lamartine, Macon France, writer (René)
Oct 22nd - Jan Ackersdijk, Dutch political economist
Oct 23rd - Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman (d. 1860)
Oct 30th - Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer
Oct 30th - Rinse Posthumus, Frisian writer
Nov 4th - Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62)
Nov 12th - Letitia Christian Tyler, 1st wife of President Tyler
Nov 17th - August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician (d. 1868)
Dec 16th - King Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
Dec 19th - William Parry, England, Arctic explorer
Dec 23rd - Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 39 of 39

Jan 2nd - Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies
Jan 6th - Johann Trier, composer, dies at 73
Jan 7th - Antonio Corbisiero, composer, dies at 69
Jan 8th - John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81
Jan 13th - Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712)
Jan 15th - John Landen, English mathematician (b. 1719)
Jan 31st - Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718)
Feb 5th - William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)
Feb 14th - Capel Bond, composer, dies at 59
Feb 18th - Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67
Feb 19th - Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer, dies at 47
Feb 20th - Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48
Feb 21st - Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer, dies at 64
Mar 12th - Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (b. 1710)
Apr 17th - Benjamin Franklin, US, (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84
May 4th - Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718)
May 9th - William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress
May 16th - Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720)
May 21st - Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies
United States founding father Benjamin Franklin (Apr 17th) May 27th - Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed & stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89
May 29th - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718)
Jun 8th - Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 75
Jun 29th - Feike H Van de Crew, Fries writer (Mayke Jakkelis), dies
Jul 7th - Franciscus "Frans" Hemsterhuis, Frisian philosopher, dies at 68
Jul 14th - Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (b. 1717)
Jul 17th - Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)
Jul 25th - Johann Bernhard Basedow, German education reformer (b. 1723)
Jul 25th - William Livingston, Governor of New Jersey (b. 1723)
Jul 31st - Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48
Sep 2nd - Johann N von Hontheim, German religious historian/Bishop, dies
Sep 3rd - Thomas Norris, composer, dies at 49
Sep 24th - John Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies
Oct 14th - William Hooper, US attorney/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 48
Oct 19th - Lyman Hall, US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 66
Oct 29th - Pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66
Nov 6th - James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (b. 1726)
Nov 16th - Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
Dec 12th - Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733)
Dec 16th - Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38