Explore 186 historical events from 1790–1799.
The Battle of Beaumont-en-Cambrésis 26 April 1794 was an action forming part of a multi-pronged attempt to relieve the besieged fortress of Landrecies, during the Flanders Campaign…
Battle of Beaumont during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition
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: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state reli
The Reign of Terror was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in res…
Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Fe
The Battle of Tourcoing saw a Republican French army directed by General of Division Joseph Souham defend against an attack by a Coalition army led by Emperor Francis II and Austri…
Battle of Tourcoing during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition
The Glorious First of June, also known as the Third Battle of Ushant and the Fourth Battle of Ushant, was fought on 1 June 1794 between the British and French navies during the War…
The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the Fre
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer. Between 1817 and 1820, he travelled 10,000 km through Brazil while collecting botanical specimens. His most i…
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (died 1868)
William Debenham was the founder of Debenhams, once one of the largest retailers in the United Kingdom.
William Debenham, English founder of Debenhams (died 1863)
Louis Léopold Robert was a Swiss painter.
Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (died 1835)
Isaac Ignaz Moscheles was a Bohemian piano virtuoso and composer. He was based initially in London and later in Leipzig, where he joined his friend and sometime pupil Felix Mendels…
Ignaz Moscheles, Czech pianist and composer (died 1870)
William Whewell was an English polymath. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In his time as a student there, he achieved distinction in both poetry and mathematics.
William Whewell, English priest and philosopher (died 1866)
Cornelius Vanderbilt, nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. After working with his father's business, he worke…
Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1877)
The Haitian Revolution, also known as the Haitian War of Independence, was a successful insurrection by enslaved Africans against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the so…
Haitian Revolution: Battle of Port-Républicain: British troops capture the capital of Saint-Domingue
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 inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large
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)
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)
Johann Heinrich von Mädler was a German astronomer.
Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer and selenographer (died 1874)
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)
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
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)
François Nicolas Léonard Buzot was a French politician and leader of the French Revolution.
François Buzot, French lawyer and politician (born 1760)