Explore 567 historical events from 1790–1799.
Robert Liston was a Scottish surgeon. Liston was noted for his speed and skill in an era prior to anaesthetics, when speed made a difference in terms of pain and survival. He was t…
Robert Liston, Scottish surgeon (died 1847)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a French lawyer and statesman, widely recognised as one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution. Robespierre f…
Maximilien Robespierre, French politician, (born 1758)
Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just, sometimes nicknamed the Archangel of Terror, was a French revolutionary, political philosopher, member and president of the French National Conven…
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician (born 1767)
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, known as The Lord Apsley from 1771 to 1775, was a British lawyer and politician. He was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1771 to 1778.
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1714)
Florimond Claude, comte de Mercy-Argenteau was an Austrian diplomat and statesman of French noble ancestry in the service of the Holy Roman Empire.
Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (born 1727)
John Hely later Hely-Hutchinson was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, politician, and academic who served as the 21st Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1774 to 1794. He also served as Pr…
John Hely-Hutchinson, Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician (born 1724)
Abraham Clark was an American Founding Father, politician, and Revolutionary War figure. Clark was a delegate for New Jersey to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declara…
Abraham Clark, American police officer and politician (born 1725)
Paul Rabaut was a French pastor of the Huguenot "Church of the Desert". He was regarded by many as the leader and director of the proscribed church. He was a peacemaker and a schol…
Paul Rabaut, French pastor (born 1718)