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== Events ==
* [[January 2]] – [[Russia]] and [[Prussia]] divide [[Poland]]
* [[January 9]] – [[Jean-Pierre Blanchard]] becomes the first to fly in a [[balloon]] in the [[United States]].
* [[January 21]] – After being found guilty of treason by the [[French Convention]], "Citizen Capet" i.e. [[Louis XVI of France]] is [[guillotine]]d.
* [[February 1]] – [[France]] declares war on [[Great Britain]], the [[Netherlands]] (see [[French Revolutionary Wars]])
* [[February 12]] – The [[Congress of the United States]] passes a law legally requiring the return of slaves escaping from slave states into free territory or states, the [[Fugitive Slave Act]]
* [[February 25]] – [[George Washington]] holds the first [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]] meeting as [[President (United States)|President of the United States]].
* [[February 27]] – The [[Giles resolutions]] are introduced to the [[United States House of Representatives]] asking the House to condemn [[Alexander Hamilton]]'s handling of loans.
* [[March 1]] – [[John Langdon]] becomes [[President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate]] until [[March 3]]
* [[March 5]] – [[France|French]] troops are defeated by [[Austria]]n forces and [[Liège (city)|Liège]] is recaptured
* [[March 7]] – France declares war on [[Spain]]
* [[April 1]] – [[Unsen volcano]] erupts in [[Japan]] and causes an [[earthquake]]. About 53.000 dead
* [[April 6]] – [[Committee of Public Safety]] established in [[France]] with [[Georges Danton]] as its head.
* [[April 22]] – [[George Washington]] signs the [[Neutrality Proclamation]].
* [[May 31]] – Regular troops under [[Francois Hanriet]] demand that the [[Girondin]]s must be expelled from the national convention
* [[June 2]] – [[Girondin]]s overthrown
* [[June 10]] – The [[Jardin des Plantes]] museum opened in [[Paris]] (a year later it would become the first public [[zoo]]).
* [[July 9]] – [[Act Against Slavery]] passed in [[Upper Canada]]
* [[July 13]] – [[Charlotte Corday]] kills [[Jean-Paul Marat]] in his bath
* [[July 22]] – [[Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander Mackenzie]] reaches the [[Pacific Ocean]] becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing north of [[Mexico]]
* [[July 29]] – [[John Graves Simcoe]] decides to build a fort and settlement at [[Toronto]], having sailed into the bay there
* [[August 10]] – Feast of Unity – Crowds in [[Paris]] burn [[monarchist]] emblems
* [[August 23]] – Universal [[conscription]] in France
* [[September 5]] – In [[France]], the [[French National Convention]] votes to implement terror measures to repress [[French Revolution]]ary activities. The ensuing "[[Reign of Terror]]" will last until the spring of 1794 and causes death of 35,000-40,000 people.
* [[October 12]] – The cornerstone of [[Old East]], the oldest state university building in the [[United States]], is laid in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]], [[North Carolina]], on the campus of the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]]. The 12th of October is now celebrated at the University as University Day.
* [[November 8]] – In [[Paris]], the [[French Revolution]]ary government opens the [[Louvre]] to the public as a [[museum]]
* [[October 16]] – Execution of [[Marie Antoinette]]
* [[October 28]] – [[Eli Whitney]] applied for a patent for his [[cotton gin]], (the patent was granted the following March).
* [[October 31]] – Execution of arrested [[Girondist]] leaders in France in a [[guillotine]]
* [[November 24]] – [[French Revolutionary Calendar]] begins
* [[December 8]] – Execution of [[Madame du Barry]]
* [[December 9]]– [[New York City]]'s first daily newspaper, the [[American Minerva]], is established by [[Noah Webster]].
* [[December 17]] – French forces under [[Napoleon]] capture [[Toulon]] from royalists and British troops
* The city of [[Butler, Pennsylvania]] founded
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* [[Louis XVI of France]] b. [[1754]]
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