1794 34946 225643591 2008-07-14T18:25:30Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[vo:1794]] {{year nav|{{PAGENAME}}}} {{C18YearInTopicX}} <!-- [[Image: |thumb|140px|right| .]] --> Year '''1794''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MDCCXCIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]] (or a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the 11-day slower [[Julian calendar]]). == Events of 1794 == ===January - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[February 4]] - The [[French Republic]] abolishes slavery. * [[February 11]] - 1st session of the [[United States Senate]] is open to the public. * [[March 14]] - [[Eli Whitney]] is granted a [[patent]] for the [[cotton gin]]. * [[March 27]] - The [[United States Government]] authorized the building of the first six [[United States Navy]] vessels (in [[1797]] the first three frigates, [[USS United States (1797)|USS ''United States'']], [[USS Constellation (1797)|USS ''Constellation'']] and [[USS Constitution|USS ''Constitution'']] went into service), not to be confused with [[October 13]], [[1775]] which is observed as the [http://www.history.navy.mil/birthday.htm Navy's Birthday]. * [[April 5]] - Execution of [[Georges Danton]] * [[April 30]] - [[Battle of Boulou (1794)|Battle of Boulou]] between French and Spanish forces. * [[May 8]] - French chemist [[Antoine Lavoisier]] is executed by [[guillotine]]. * [[May 18]] - [[Battle of Tourcoing (1794)|Battle of Tourcoing]] between French and British forces. * [[May 28]] - [[June 1]] - The [[Glorious First of June]] (Battle of Ushant), naval battle between British and French. * [[June 4]] - [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] troops capture [[Port-au-Prince]] in [[Haiti]]. * [[June 26]] - [[Battle of Fleurus (1794)|Battle of Fleurus]] between [[France|French]] forces and those [[Austria]]. ===July - December=== *[[July 27]] - [[9 Thermidor]] - [[Maximilien Robespierre]] is arrested. ===Undated=== * [[Horatio Nelson]] loses the sight in his right eye at [[Calvi, Haute-Corse|Calvi]] in [[Corsica]]. * [[Coffee]] is forbidden by royal decree in [[Sweden]]. * [[France]] occupies [[Aachen]]. * The [[Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry]], a [[British Army|British]] [[Yeomanry]] [[Cavalry]] [[Regiment]], was formed by The [[Marquess of Ailsa|Earl of Cassillis]] at [[Culzean Castle]], [[Ayrshire]]. *[[Reign of Terror]] ends. ===Ongoing events=== * [[French Revolution]] ([[1789]]-[[1799]]). * [[French Revolutionary Wars]] ([[1792]]-[[1802]])-[[First Coalition]]. ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Kansei]] 5 &ndash; 6}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[February 20]] - [[William Carleton]], Irish novelist (d. [[1869]]) * [[February 21]] - [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]], Mexican general and [[List of Presidents of Mexico|President of Mexico]] (d. [[1876]]) * [[April 10]] - [[Matthew Calbraith Perry]], American commodore (d. [[1858]]) * [[May 17]] - [[Anna Brownell Jameson]], British writer (d. [[1860]]) * [[May 24]] - [[William Whewell]], English scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (d. [[1866]]) * [[May 27]] - [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]], American entrepreneur (d. [[1877]]) * [[July 5]] - [[Sylvester Graham]], American nutritionist and inventor (d. [[1851]]) * [[November 3]] - [[William Cullen Bryant]], American poet (d. [[1878]]) * [[November 10]] - [[Robert Towns]], Merchant and founder of Townsville, Queensland, Australia (d. [[1873]]) *''date unknown'' **[[Charles Thomas Longley]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (d. [[1868]]) **[[Mirza Shafi Vazeh]], Azerbaijani poet (d.1852) : ''See also [[:Category: 1794 births]].'' ==Deaths== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> *[[January 4]] - [[Nicolas Luckner]], Marshal of France (executed) (b. [[1722]]) *[[January 6]] - [[Louis d'Elbée]], French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. [[1752]]) *[[January 8]] - [[Justus Möser]], German statesman (b. [[1720]]) *[[January 16]] - [[Edward Gibbon]], English historian (b. [[1737]]) *[[January 28]] - [[Henri de la Rochejaquelein]], French Revolutionary leader (b. [[1772]]) *[[January 31]] - [[Mariot Arbuthnot]], British admiral (b. [[1711]]) *[[February 12]] - [[ Srinath Madhavji Shinde alias Srinath Mahadji Shinde]] The Great Maratha Emperor of India. Reigm 1764-12.02.1794. * [[March 24]] - [[Jacques Hébert]], French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. [[1757]]) *[[March 28]] - [[Marquis de Condorcet]], French mathematician, philosopher, and political scientist (died in prison) (b. [[1743]]) *[[April 5]] **[[Georges Danton]], French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. [[1759]]) **[[Camille Desmoulins]], French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. [[1760]]) **[[Marie Jean Hérault de Séchelles]], French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. [[1759]]) **[[Fabre d'Églantine]], French dramatist and revolutionary (executed) (b. [[1750]]) **[[François Joseph Westermann]], French Revolutionary leader and general (executed) *[[April 13]] - [[Pierre Gaspard Chaumette]], French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. [[1763]]) *April 13 - [[Lucile Duplessis]], wife of Camille Desmoulins (executed) (b. [[1770]]) *[[April 18]] - [[Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden]], Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. [[1714]]) *[[April 23]] - [[Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes]], French statesman (executed) (b. [[1721]]) *[[April 27]] - [[William Jones (philologist)|Sir William Jones]], British philologist (b. [[1746]]) *[[May 8]] - [[Antoine Lavoisier]], French chemist (executed) (b. [[1743]]) *[[June 14]] - [[Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford]], Viceroy of Ireland (b. [[1718]]) *[[June 17]] - [[Marguerite-Élie Guadet]], French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. [[1753]]) *[[June 18]] **[[François Nicolas Leonard Buzot]], French Revolutionary leader (suicide) (b. [[1760]]) **[[James Murray (military officer)|James Murray]], British military officer and administrator *[[June 27]] **[[Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz]], Austrian statesman (b. [[1711]]) **[[Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy]], French soldier (executed) (b. [[1715]]) **[[Charles-Louis-Victor, prince de Broglie]], French soldier (executed) (b. [[1756]]) *[[July 13]] - [[James Lind]], pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy (b. [[1716]]) *[[July 17]] - [[John Roebuck]], English inventor (b. [[1718]]) *[[July 23]] - [[Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais]], French politician and general (executed) (b. [[1760]]) *[[July 25]], [[André Chénier]], French writer (executed) (b. [[1762]]) *[[July 28]] **[[Maximilien Robespierre]], French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. [[1758]]) **[[Augustin Robespierre]], French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. [[1763]]) **[[Louis de Saint-Just]], French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. [[1767]]) **[[François Hanriot]], French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. [[1761]]) *[[August 6]] - [[Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst]], British politician (b. [[1714]]) *[[September 4]] - [[John Hely-Hutchinson]], Irish statesman (b. [[1724]]) *[[September 15]] - [[Abraham Clark]], American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. [[1725]]) *[[September 25]] - [[Paul Rabaut]], French Huguenot pastor (b. [[1718]]) *[[October 21]] - [[Francis Light]], founder of the British colony of Penang (b. [[1740]]) *[[November 3]] - [[François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis]], French cardinal and statesman (b. [[1715]]) *[[November 15]] - [[John Witherspoon]], American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. [[1723]]) *[[November 16]] - [[Jean-Baptiste Carrier]], French Revolutionary leader (executed) (b. [[1756]]) *[[November 22]] - [[John Alsop]], American Continental Congressman (b. [[1724]]) *[[November 28]] - [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben]], Prussian army officer (b. [[1730]]) {{commonscat}} : ''See also [[:Category: 1794 deaths]].'' 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