1794

Events

   * February 11 - 1st session of US Senate 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, USS Constellation and USS
     Constitution went into service).
   * 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.
   * July 27 - French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after
     encouraging 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.
   * August 7 - Whiskey Rebellion begins: Farmers in the Monoghaela Valley
     of Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on liquor and distilled
     drinks.
   * August 20 - Battle of Fallen Timbers - American troops force a
     confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa,
     Chippewa and Pottawatomie warriors into a disorganized retreat.
   * November 19 - United States and Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty.

Ongoing events

   * French Revolution (1789-1799)

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

   * 1794 in literature:
        o The Mysteries of Udolpho - Ann Radcliffe
        o The Old English Baron - Clara Reeve

Births

   * April 10 - Matthew Perry, American Commodore.
   * May 17 - Anna Brownell Jameson, British writer (+ 1860)
   * May 27 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, entrepreneur
   * July 5 - Sylvester Graham, inventor of Graham cracker (+ 1851)

Deaths

   * January 16 - Edward Gibbon historian
   * March 28 - Marquis de Condorcet, mathematician, philosopher, and
     political scientist
   * April 27 - Sir William Jones, British philologist and discoverer of the
     Indo-European languages family.
   * May 8 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and father of modern
     chemistry
   * July 28 - Maximilian Robespierre (executed)

Monarchs/Presidents

   * China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October
     18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)

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