| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 16 |
French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Neth |
Jan 18 |
French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance |
Jan 18 |
governor/viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England |
Jan 19 |
Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy |
Feb 2 |
Joseph Haydns 102nd Symphony in B, premieres |
Feb 5 |
Zealand, Netherlands, surrenders to French general Michaud |
Feb 7 |
11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states |
Feb 7 |
Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies |
Feb 13 |
1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina |
Feb 17 |
Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England |
Feb 21 |
Freedom of worship established in France under constitution |
Feb 25 |
French Politician and Educator Joseph Lakanal, defines on behalf of the French Revolution an "educational utopia" aiming to "put an end to inequalities of development that affected a citizen's capacities for judgment." |
Mar 5 |
Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution |
Mar 5 |
Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France |
Mar 11 |
Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols |
Mar 28 |
Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia. |
Mar 29 |
Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna |
Apr 7 |
France adopts the metre as the basic measure of length. |
Apr 23 |
William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason |
May 16 |
Hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state |
Jun 6 |
Fire destroy 1/3 of Copenhagen; 18,000 injured |
Jun 24 |
US & Great Britain sign Jay Treaty, 1st US extradition treaty |
Jul 1 |
John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of US Supreme Court |
Jul 9 |
James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt |
Jul 15 |
"Marseillaise" becomes French national anthem |
Jul 25 |
The first stone of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is laid. |
Jul 27 |
Spain & France sign peace treaty |
Aug 15 |
Joseph Haydn leaves England forever |
Aug 17 |
Slave revolt at Knip plantation, Curacao |
Aug 18 |
Curacao governor De Veer sends miltia to stop rebellious slaves |
Aug 20 |
Joseph Haydn returns to Vienna from England |
Aug 25 |
Curacao slaves opponents returns to St Christopher |
Sep 5 |
USA and Algiers sign peace treaty |
Sep 15 |
Cape Colony surrenders to Britain |
Sep 16 |
British capture Capetown South Africa |
Sep 19 |
Tula, leader of Curacao slave opposition, imprisoned |
Sep 23 |
Conseil of the Cinq-Cents (Council of 500), forms in Paris |
Oct 1 |
France annexes Southern Netherlands |
Oct 1 |
Belgium is conquered by France. |
Oct 2 |
Tula (leader slave uprising) sentence to death in Curacao |
Oct 16 |
M von Böhms "Oorlogscantate" premieres |
Oct 24 |
Third partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia |
Oct 26 |
Pinckney's Treaty between Spain & US is signed, establishing southern boundary of US & giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi |
Oct 26 |
The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created. |
Oct 27 |
Treaty of San Lorenzo provides free navigation of Mississippi |
Nov 20 |
Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday |
Nov 28 |
US pays $800,000 & a frigate as tribute to Algiers & Tunis |
Dec 19 |
1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky |
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