Events Date 1794 | History by KabAstro

Abolition of Slavery

Feb 4 French National Convention proclaims abolition of slavery

Politician and Revolutionary Georges Danton

Haydn's 99th Symphony in E

Feb 10 Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E premieres, in London, England

Feb 11 1st session of US Senate open to the public
Feb 14 1st US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia
Feb 26 Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down
Feb 28 US Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin
Mar 3 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D ("The Clock") at the Hanover Rooms, in London
Mar 3 Richard Allen founded African Methodist Episcopal Church
Mar 12 Theatre Royal in London's Dury Lane opens after being rebuilt

Cotton Gin Machine

Mar 14 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin machine revolutionizing the cotton industry in the southern US states [1]

Mar 22 Congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries
Mar 23 American inventor Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine

Kościuszko Uprising

Mar 23 Polish general Tadeusz Kościuszko returns to Kraków, Poland to led the Kościuszko Uprising against Russian and Prussian control

Military Leader and Statesman Tadeusz Kościuszko

Mar 27 Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact
Mar 27 The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
Mar 28 Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau
Mar 28 Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)
Apr 4 Battle of Racławice, part of the Polish-Lithuanian uprising led by Tadeusz Kościuszko with a tactical Polish victory

Priestley Departs England

Apr 7 English chemist and theologian Joseph Priestley departs England for America on board Sansom at Gravesend

Chemist, Theologian and Author Joseph Priestley

Joséphine de Beauharnais Imprisoned

Apr 21 Joséphine de Beauharnais, future Empress of French and first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, is imprisoned during the Reign of Terror

Empress of the French Joséphine de Beauharnais

Apr 21 NYC formally declares coast of Ellis Island publicly owned, so they can build forts to protect NYC from British
Apr 30 The Battle of Boulou: French forces defeat a Spanish army under General Union during the War of the Pyrenees

Toussaint Louverture Changes Sides

May 6 In Haiti Toussaint Louverture changes sides, ambushing his former ally the Spanish at San Raphael

General and Revolutionary Toussaint Louverture

May 7 Influential Gothic romance "The Mysteries of Udolpho" is published by Ann Ratcliffe in London
May 17 Hard frost in southern New England
May 18 Battle of Tourcoing; French Republican army defeats a Habsburg coalition bear Lille, France, during War of the First Coalition
Jun 1 Glorious First of June; first naval battle between Britain (under Admiral Lord Howe) and France (Vice-Admiral Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse) during French Revolutionary Wars. Britain gains tactical win.
Jun 5 US Congress passes the Neutrality Act, banning Americans from serving in foreign armed forces
Jun 10 Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia forms
Jun 10 France revolutionary regime begins trials
Jun 16 1st stone laid at biggest Dutch grain windmill De Walvisch in Schiedam

Empress Grants Jews Settlement

Jun 23 Russian Empress Catherine II (Catherine the Great) grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev

Jun 24 Bowdoin College is founded in Maine, USA
Jun 25 French troops occupy Charleroi

Battle of Fleurus

Jun 26 Battle of Fleurus: Major victory by forces of the First French Republic under General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan over the Coalition Army (Great Britain, Hanover, Dutch Republic, and Habsburgs). First use of a reconnaissance balloon.

Jourdan at Fleurus with the balloon l'Entreprenant in the background

Jun 30 Seige of Fort Recovery, Ohio, Anglo American army holds off an attack on the fort by an Indian confederacy
Jul 2 Second Battle of Seneffe: France-Austria
Jul 13 Battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria
Jul 17 Richard Allen organizes Philadelphia's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church

Beauharnais Executed

Jul 23 Alexandre de Beauharnais, the first husband of Joséphine de Beauharnais, is executed for treason during the Reign of Terror

Fall of Maximilien Robespierre

Jul 27 Maximilien Robespierre is overthrown in a coup in Paris

Execution of Maximilien Robespierre

Jul 28 French Revolutionary figure Maximilien Robespierre and 22 other leaders of "the Terror" guillotined to thunderous cheers in Paris

Robespierre is placed on the guillotine at his execution in Paris

Jul 28 Joséphine de Beauharnais, future Empress of the French and first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, is released from prison five days after the execution of her first husband, Alexandre de Beauharnais
Jul 29 African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated
Jul 31 All Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem
Aug 1 Whiskey Rebellion begins in western Pennsylvania
Aug 8 Joseph Whidbey and George Vancouver lead an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska
Aug 16 Hungarian revolutionary Ignác Martinovics arrested in Vienna

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Aug 20 Battle of Fallen Timbers: Major General "Mad Anthony" Wayne defeats a joint British-Native American force at Fallen Timbers, Ohio in the final battle of the Northwest Indian War