1794 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1794?
- January 11, 1794 – Robert Forsythe, a U.S. Marshal is killed in Augusta, Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first US marshal to die while carrying out his duties.
- February 4, 1794 – The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic.
- February 11, 1794 – First session of United States Senate open to the public.
- March 4, 1794 – The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
- March 14, 1794 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
- March 27, 1794 – The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
- March 28, 1794 – Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
- May 1, 1794 – War of the Pyrenees: The Battle of Boulou ends, in which French forces defeat the Spanish and regain nearly all the land they lost to Spain in 1793.
- May 7, 1794 – French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
- May 8, 1794 – Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by revolutionists, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme Générale, is tried, convicted, and guillotined all on the same day in Paris.
- June 1, 1794 – The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.
- June 4, 1794 – British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.
- June 8, 1794 – Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution’s new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.
- June 30, 1794 – Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.
- July 13, 1794 – The Battle of the Vosges is fought between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria.
- July 17, 1794 – The sixteen Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne are executed 10 days prior to the end of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror.
- August 8, 1794 – Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.
- August 20, 1794 – Battle of Fallen Timbers – American troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat.
- November 19, 1794 – The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay’s Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War.
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