1790
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1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar).
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Events
- January 8 - George Washington gives the first State of the Union Address.
- January 30 - The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.
- February 1 - In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.
- February 4 - Louis XVI of France declares to the National Assembly that he will maintain the constitutional laws
- February 11 - Religious Society of Friends petitions Congress for the abolition of slavery.
- March 1 - The first United States census is authorized.
- March 4 - 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.
- March 21 - Thomas Jefferson reported to President Washington in New York as the new secretary of state.
- May 29 - Rhode Island ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 13th U.S. state.
- June 23 - Alleged London Monster arrested in London - he later receives two years for three assaults
- July 9 - Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund - In the Baltic Sea, the Swedish navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
- July 16 - The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia (seat of government) of the United States (see Washington, DC).
- July 31 - Inventor Samuel Hopkins becomes the first to be issued a US patent (for an improved method of making potash).
- August 4 - A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
- William Pitt refuses to recognize Belgian independence.
- Construction begins on the White House.
- U.S. Funding Bill introduced by Alexander Hamilton.
- Philadelphia becomes federal capital of the U.S..
Ongoing events
Births
- March 29 - John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862)
- May 23 - Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
- June 1 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
- November 17 - August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1868)
- December 16 - Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
- December 19 - William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (d. 1855)
- Edmund Lyons, 1st Lord Lyons, British admiral (d. 1858)
Deaths
- February 20 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1741)
- March 12 - Andreas Hadik, Austrian general (b. 1710)
- April 17 - Benjamin Franklin, American scientist and statesman (b. 1706)
- May 21 - Thomas Warton, English poet (b. 1728)
- July 14 - Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (b. 1717)
- July 17 - Adam Smith, Scottish economist (b. 1723)
- September 2 - Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (b. 1701)
