1790 - Definition and Overview

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Events

• January 8 - George Washington gives the first State of the Union Address.
• January 30 - The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.
• February 1 - In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.
• February 11 - Society of Friends petitions Congress for the abolition of slavery.
• March 1 - The first United States census is authorized.
• March 4 - France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces, in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.
• May 29 - Rhode Island ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 13th U.S. state.
• July 9 - Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund - In the Baltic Sea, the Swedish navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
• July 16 - The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia (seat of government) of the United States (see Washington, DC).
• July 31 - Inventor Samuel Hopkins becomes the first to be issued a US patent (for an improved method of making potash).
• August 4 - A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
• William Pitt refuses to recognize Belgian independence.
• Construction begins on the White House.
• U.S. Funding Bill introduced by Alexander Hamilton.
• Philadelphia becomes federal capital of the U.S..

Ongoing events

• French Revolution (1789-1799)

Births

• March 29 - John Tyler, 10th President of the United States († 1862)
• May 23 - Jules Dumont d'Urville, explorer († 1842)
• June 1 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright
• December 16 - Leopold I of Belgium
• December 19 - William Edward Parry, Arctic explorer († 1855)
• Ignaz Assmayer, composer
• Edmund Lyons, 1st Lord Lyons, British Admiral († 1856)

Deaths

• February 20 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
• April 17 - Benjamin Franklin
• July 17 - Adam Smith, Scottish economist