1794
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| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s |
| Years: | 1791 1792 1793 - 1794 - 1795 1796 1797 |
| align="left" | Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1794 (MDCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1794
[edit] January - June
- February 4 - The French Republic abolishes slavery.
- February 11 - The first 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 authorizes the building of the first 6 United States Navy vessels (in 1797 the first 3 frigates, USS United States, USS Constellation and USS Constitution go into service), not to be confused with October 13, 1775 which is observed as the Navy's Birthday.
- April 5 - Georges Danton is executed.
- April 30 - Battle of Boulou: The French defeat the Spanish and Portuguese forces.
- May 8 - French chemist Antoine Lavoisier is executed by guillotine.
- May 18 - Battle of Tourcoing: French troops defeat British forces.
- May 28 - June 1 - The Glorious First of June (Battle of Ushant): British and French ships battle to a draw.
- June 4 - British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.
- June 26 - Battle of Fleurus: French forces defeat the Austrians.
[edit] July - December
- July 27 - (9 Thermidor) - Maximilien Robespierre is arrested.
[edit] Undated
- Horatio Nelson loses the sight in his right eye at Calvi in Corsica.
- Coffee is forbidden by royal decree in Sweden.
- France occupies Aachen.
- The Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry, a British Yeomanry Cavalry Regiment, is formed by the Earl of Cassillis at Culzean Castle, Ayrshire.
- The Reign of Terror ends.
- Colombian Antonio Nariño translates and publishes the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
[edit] Ongoing events
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1794 MDCCXCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2547 |
| Armenian calendar | 1243 ԹՎ ՌՄԽԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -50 – -49 |
| Berber calendar | 2744 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2338 |
| Burmese calendar | 1156 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7302 – 7303 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年十一月三十日 (4430/4490-11-30) — to —
甲寅年十二月初十日(4431/4491-12-10) |
| Coptic calendar | 1510 – 1511 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1786 – 1787 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5554 – 5555 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1849 – 1850 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1716 – 1717 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4895 – 4896 |
| Holocene calendar | 11794 |
| Iranian calendar | 1172 – 1173 |
| Islamic calendar | 1208 – 1209 |
| Japanese calendar | Kansei 6 (寛政6年) |
| Korean calendar | 4127 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2337 |
- February 20 - William Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869)
- February 21 - [[Antonio López de Santa Anna california
]], Mexican general and President of Mexico (d. 1876)
- April 10 - Matthew Calbraith Perry, American commodore (d. 1858)
- May 17 - Anna Brownell Jameson, British writer (d. 1860)
- May 24 - William Whewell, English scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (d. 1866)
- May 27 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (d. 1877)
- July 5 - Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist and inventor (d. 1851)
- November 3 - William Cullen Bryant, American poet (d. 1878)
- November 10 - Robert Towns, merchant and founder of Townsville, Queensland, Australia (d. 1873)
- date unknown
- Charles Thomas Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1868)
- Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Azeri poet (d.1852)
- See also Category: 1794 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 - Nicolas Luckner, Marshal of France (executed) (b. 1722)
- January 6 - Louis d'Elbée, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1752)
- January 8 - Justus Möser, German statesman (b. 1720)
- January 16 - Edward Gibbon, English historian (b. 1737)
- January 28 - Henri de la Rochejaquelein, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1772)
- January 31 - Mariot Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. 1711)
- February 12 - Srinath Madhavji Shinde alias Srinath Mahadji Shinde, The Great Maratha Emperor of India (1764-1794)
- March 24 - Jacques Hébert, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1757)
- 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)
- Camille Desmoulins, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1760)
- Marie Jean Hérault de Séchelles, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1759)
- Fabre d'Églantine, French dramatist and revolutionary (executed) (b. 1750)
- François Joseph Westermann, French Revolutionary leader and general (executed)
- April 13 - Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1763)
- April 13 - Lucile Duplessis, wife of Camille Desmoulins (executed) (b. 1770)
- April 18 - Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
- April 23 - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b. 1721)
- April 27 - Sir William Jones, British philologist (b. 1746)
- May 8 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (executed) (b. 1743)
- June 14 - Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (b. 1718)
- June 17 - Marguerite-Élie Guadet, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1753)
- June 18
- François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French Revolutionary leader (suicide) (b. 1760)
- James Murray, British military officer and administrator
- June 27
- Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, Austrian statesman (b. 1711)
- Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (executed) (b. 1715)
- Charles-Louis-Victor, prince de Broglie, French soldier (executed) (b. 1756)
- July 13 - James Lind, pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy (b. 1716)
- July 17 - John Roebuck, English inventor (b. 1718)
- 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)
- Augustin Robespierre, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1763)
- Louis de Saint-Just, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1767)
- François Hanriot, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1761)
- August 6 - Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (b. 1714)
- September 4 - John Hely-Hutchinson, Irish statesman (b. 1724)
- September 15 - Abraham Clark, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1725)
- September 25 - Paul Rabaut, French Huguenot pastor (b. 1718)
- October 21 - Francis Light, founder of the British colony of Penang (b. 1740)
- November 3 - François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1715)
- November 15 - John Witherspoon, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1723)
- November 16 - Jean-Baptiste Carrier, French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1756)
- November 22 - John Alsop, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
- November 28 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian army officer (b. 1730)
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