
{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1791 1792 1793 - 1794 - 1795 1796 1797 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century
|} 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ==Events== *February 11 - 1st session of the United States Senate is open to the public. * March 14 - Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin. * March 27 - The United States Government established a permanent United States Navy and authorized the building of six vessels (in 1797 the first three frigates, USS United States (1797), USS Constellation (1797) and USS Constitution went into service). * April 6 - Execution of Georges Danton * May 8 - French chemist Antoine Lavoisier is executed by guillotine. *May 28-June 1 - The Glorious First of June (Battle of Ushant), naval battle between British and French. * June 4 - Kingdom of Great Britain troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti. * July 27 - French Revolution: French Convention ousts Maximilien Robespierre - he is arrested when he encourages the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution." * July 28 - Maximilien Robespierre is guillotined in front of a cheering crowd, for sending thousands of others to a similar fate during the French Revolution. Terror ends. * August 7 - Whiskey Rebellion begins: Farmers in the Monongahela Valley of Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks. * August 20 - Battle of Fallen Timbers - United States troops force a confederacy of Shawnee (tribe), Mingo, Delaware (tribe), Wyandot, Miami (tribe), Ottawa (tribe), Chippewa and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat. * October - Fort Wayne, Indiana founded in what is now the U.S. state of Indiana. *November 19 - The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to clear up some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War. ===Unknown dates=== * Horatio Nelson loses a right eye at Calvi in Corsica * Coffee forbidden by royal decree in Sweden * France occupies Aachen. ===Ongoing events=== * French Revolution (1789-1799) * French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)-First Coalition ==Births== *February 20 - William Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869) *February 21 - Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and List of Presidents of Mexico (d. 1876) *April 10 - Matthew Calbraith Perry, American commodore (d. 1858) *May 17 - Anna Brownell Jameson, British writer (d. 1860) *May 27 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (d. 1877) *July 5 - Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist and inventor (d. 1851) *Charles Thomas Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1868) ==Deaths== *January 16 - Edward Gibbon, English historian (b. 1737) *March 28 - Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician, philosopher, and political scientist (died in prison) (b. 1743) *April 5 - Georges Danton, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1759) *April 27 - William Jones (philologist), British philologist (b. 1746) *May 8 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (executed) (b. 1743) *June 18 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French Revolutionary leader (suicide) (b. 1760) * July 23 - Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais, French politician and general (executed) (b. 1760) *July 25, André Chénier, French writer (executed) (b. 1762) *July 28 - Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary leader (executed)(b. 1758) 1794 os:1794 simple:1794
I have made some year layout proposals which would affect a significant proportion of the year pages: an example of proposed style is 1850. It is detailed on my talk page. If no-one flags where I have put the discussion on my talk page that they object in a month I will start making everything consistent. It may take some time... --User:BozMo 12:25, 7 May 2004 (UTC)user talk:BozMo
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{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1791 1792 1793 - 1794 - 1795 1796 1797 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century
|} 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ==Events== *February 11 - 1st session of the United States Senate is open to the public. * March 14 - Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin. * March 27 - The United States Government established a permanent United States Navy and authorized the building of six vessels (in 1797 the first three frigates, USS United States (1797), USS Constellation (1797) and USS Constitution went into service). * April 6 - Execution of Georges Danton * May 8 - French chemist Antoine Lavoisier is executed by guillotine. *May 28-June 1 - The Glorious First of June (Battle of Ushant), naval battle between British and French. * June 4 - Kingdom of Great Britain troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti. * July 27 - French Revolution: French Convention ousts Maximilien Robespierre - he is arrested when he encourages the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution." * July 28 - Maximilien Robespierre is guillotined in front of a cheering crowd, for sending thousands of others to a similar fate during the French Revolution. Terror ends. * August 7 - Whiskey Rebellion begins: Farmers in the Monongahela Valley of Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks. * August 20 - Battle of Fallen Timbers - United States troops force a confederacy of Shawnee (tribe), Mingo, Delaware (tribe), Wyandot, Miami (tribe), Ottawa (tribe), Chippewa and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat. * October - Fort Wayne, Indiana founded in what is now the U.S. state of Indiana. *November 19 - The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to clear up some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War. ===Unknown dates=== * Horatio Nelson loses a right eye at Calvi in Corsica * Coffee forbidden by royal decree in Sweden * France occupies Aachen. ===Ongoing events=== * French Revolution (1789-1799) * French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)-First Coalition ==Births== *February 20 - William Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869) *February 21 - Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and List of Presidents of Mexico (d. 1876) *April 10 - Matthew Calbraith Perry, American commodore (d. 1858) *May 17 - Anna Brownell Jameson, British writer (d. 1860) *May 27 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (d. 1877) *July 5 - Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist and inventor (d. 1851) *Charles Thomas Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1868) ==Deaths== *January 16 - Edward Gibbon, English historian (b. 1737) *March 28 - Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician, philosopher, and political scientist (died in prison) (b. 1743) *April 5 - Georges Danton, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1759) *April 27 - William Jones (philologist), British philologist (b. 1746) *May 8 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (executed) (b. 1743) *June 18 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French Revolutionary leader (suicide) (b. 1760) * July 23 - Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais, French politician and general (executed) (b. 1760) *July 25, André Chénier, French writer (executed) (b. 1762) *July 28 - Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary leader (executed)(b. 1758) 1794 os:1794 simple:1794
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I have made some year layout proposals which would affect a significant proportion of the year pages: an example of proposed style is 1850. It is detailed on my talk page. If no-one flags where I have put the discussion on my talk page that they object in a month I will start making everything consistent. It may take some time... --User:BozMo 12:25, 7 May 2004 (UTC)user talk:BozMo
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