Explore 387 historical events from 1790–1799.
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799.…
French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of…
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799.…
French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
The Northwest Indian War was an armed conflict for control of the Northwest Territory between the United States and a loose confederation of Native American peoples who called them…
Northwest Indian War: United States troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa,…
Wei Yuan, born Wei Yuanda (魏遠達), courtesy names Moshen (默深) and Hanshi (漢士), was a Chinese scholar-official from Shaoyang, Hunan. He lived during the reigns of the Qianlong, Jiaqin…
Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author (died 1856)
Frances Imlay, also known as Fanny Godwin and Frances Wollstonecraft, was the daughter of the British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and the American commercial speculator and diplom…
Fanny Imlay, daughter of British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft (died 1816)
Johan Georg Forchhammer was a Danish mineralogist and geologist.
Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish mineralogist and geologist (died 1865)
James Barton Longacre was an American portraitist and engraver, and the fourth chief engraver of the United States Mint from 1844 until his death. Longacre is best known for design…
James B. Longacre, American engraver (died 1869)
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, PC was an English lawyer, judge and Whig politician who was first to hold the title of Earl Camden. As a lawyer and judge he was a leading proponent…
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1714)
Count Fredrik Axel von Fersen was a Swedish statesman and soldier of Baltic German descent. He served as Lord Marshal of the Riksdag of the Estates, and although he worked closely …
Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (born 1719)
Anna Brownell Jameson was an Anglo-Irish art historian whose work spanned art and literary criticism, philosophy, travel writing, and feminism. She became very well known for her e…
Anna Brownell Jameson, Irish-English author (died 1860)
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, often referred to as Malesherbes or Lamoignon-Malesherbes, was a French statesman and minister in the Ancien Régime, and later couns…
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (born 1721)
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier, also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution, was a French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th-century chemical revolution and who …
Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (born 1743)
Élisabeth of France, also known as Madame Élisabeth, was a French princess. She was the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Duchess Maria Josepha of Saxony, and she was…
Élisabeth of France, French princess and youngest sibling of Louis XVI (born 1764)
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford was a British courtier and politician who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1765.
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English courtier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1718
François Nicolas Léonard Buzot was a French politician and leader of the French Revolution.
François Buzot, French lawyer and politician (born 1760)
General James Murray was a British army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Quebec from 1760 to 1768 and governor of Minorca from 1778 to 1782. Born in…
James Murray, Scottish-English general and politician, 20th Governor of the Province of Quebec (born 1721)
Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg was an Austrian and Czech diplomat and statesman in the Habsburg monarchy. A proponent of enlightened absolutism, he held the office of Sta…
Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (born 1711)
Philippe de Noailles, comte de Noailles and later prince de Poix, duc de Mouchy, and duc de Poix à brevêt, was a younger brother of Louis de Noailles, and a more distinguished sold…
Philippe de Noailles, French general (born 1715)
Richard Mique was a Neoclassical French architect born in Lorraine. He is most remembered for his picturesque hamlet, the hameau de la Reine — not particularly characteristic of hi…
Richard Mique, French architect (born 1728)
Gaspard Augustin René Bernard de Marigny was a French officer and Vendéen general.
Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French general (born 1754)
John Roebuck of Kinneil FRS FRSE was an English industrialist, inventor, mechanical engineer, and physician who played an important role in the Industrial Revolution and who is kno…
John Roebuck, English chemist and businessman (born 1718)
André Marie Chénier was a French poet associated with the events of the French Revolution, during which he was sentenced to death. His sensual, emotive poetry marks him as one of t…
André Chénier, Greek-French poet and author (born 1762)
Jean-Antoine Roucher, was a French poet.
Jean-Antoine Roucher, French poet and author (born 1745)
Friedrich Freiherr von der Trenck was a Prussian officer, adventurer, and author.
Friedrich von der Trenck, Prussian adventurer and author (born 1726)