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== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
- +* [[Claude Chappe]] successfully demonstrates the first [[semaphore line]], between Paris and Lille.
-*''[[A Vindication of the Rights of Woman]]'' by [[Mary Wollstonecraft]]+* [[Mary Wollstonecraft]]'s ''[[A Vindication of the Rights of Woman]]'' is published.
-*[[Goya becomes deaf]]+* [[Denmark]] is the first country in the world to outlaw [[slavery]].
-* [[April 25]]+*[[Goya becomes deaf]]
 +*[[April 25]]
** [[Highwayman]] [[Nicolas Jacques Pelletier|Nicolas Pelletier]] becomes the first person executed by [[guillotine]] in France. ** [[Highwayman]] [[Nicolas Jacques Pelletier|Nicolas Pelletier]] becomes the first person executed by [[guillotine]] in France.
** ''[[La Marseillaise]]'', the [[France|French]] [[national anthem]], is composed by [[Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle]]. ** ''[[La Marseillaise]]'', the [[France|French]] [[national anthem]], is composed by [[Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle]].
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* [[September 21]] – [[Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy]] by the French Convention and establishment of the [[French First Republic]] with effect from the following day. * [[September 21]] – [[Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy]] by the French Convention and establishment of the [[French First Republic]] with effect from the following day.
* [[September 22]] – The [[Calendar era|Era]] of the historical [[French Republican Calendar]] begins. * [[September 22]] – The [[Calendar era|Era]] of the historical [[French Republican Calendar]] begins.
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-=== October–December === 
-* [[October 12]] – The first [[Columbus Day]] celebration in the [[United States]] is held in [[New York City]], 300 years after his arrival in the New World. 
-* [[October 13]] – Foundation of [[Washington, D.C.]]: The cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion, known as the [[White House]] after [[1818]], is laid. 
-* [[October 29]] – [[Mount Hood]] ([[Oregon]]) is named after the British Admiral [[Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood|Lord Hood]] by [[William Robert Broughton|Lt. William Broughton]] of the [[Vancouver Expedition]], who spots the mountain near the mouth of the [[Willamette River]]. 
-* [[December 3]] – [[George Washington]] is re-elected [[President of the United States]]. 
* [[December 26]] – The trial of [[Louis XVI of France]] begins. * [[December 26]] – The trial of [[Louis XVI of France]] begins.
-[[File:White-House.jpg|thumb|200px|right| [[October 13]]: [[Washington, D.C.]] founded.]] 
-=== Date unknown ===+ 
-* The [[Baptist Missionary Society]] is founded in [[Kettering]], [[England]].+
-* [[Dominique-Jean Larrey]], chief surgeon of the Grand Armee of France, creates the first ambulance wagons specifically designed as ambulances.+
-* [[Tipu Sultan]] invades [[Kerala]] in [[India]], but is repulsed.+
-* [[Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach]], an astronomer, publishes ''The Tables of the Sun'', an essential early work for navigation.+
-* [[Claude Chappe]] successfully demonstrates the first [[semaphore line]], between Paris and Lille.+
-* [[William Murdoch]] begins experimenting with [[gas lighting]].+
-* George Anschutz constructs the first [[blast furnace]] in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]].+
-* [[Thomas Holcroft]] produces the play ''Road to Ruin'' in [[London]].+
-* [[Barthelemy Catherine Joubert]], later general, becomes sub-lieutenant.+
-* [[Johann Georg Albrechtberger]] becomes [[Kapellmeister]] in [[Vienna]].+
-* The [[State Street Corporation]] is founded.+
-* Shiloh Meeting House, predecessor of Shiloh United Methodist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, is founded.+
-* [[Mary Wollstonecraft]]'s ''[[A Vindication of the Rights of Woman]]'' is published.+
-[[File:Mount Hood reflected in Mirror Lake, Oregon.jpg|thumb|200px|right| [[October 29]]: [[Mount Hood]] is named.]]+
-* The first [[written examination]]s in Europe are held at [[Cambridge University]], England.+
-* [[Denmark]] is the first country in the world to outlaw [[slavery]].+
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== Births == == Births ==
-* [[February 10]] &ndash; Captain [[Frederick Marryat]], British author (d. [[1848]]) 
-* [[February 29]] &ndash; [[Gioacchino Rossini]], Italian composer (d. [[1868]]) 
-* [[March 7]] &ndash; [[John Herschel]], English mathematician and astronomer (d. [[1871]]) 
-* [[May 17]] &ndash; [[Anne Isabella Milbanke]], English wife of [[George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron]] (d. [[1860]]) 
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]], British poet (d. [[1822]]) * [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]], British poet (d. [[1822]])
* [[November 28]] &ndash; [[Victor Cousin]], French philosopher (d. [[1867]]) * [[November 28]] &ndash; [[Victor Cousin]], French philosopher (d. [[1867]])
== Deaths == == Deaths ==
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-=== January&ndash;June === 
-* [[February 15]] &ndash; [[John Witherspoon]] 
-* [[February 23]] &ndash; Sir [[Joshua Reynolds]], British painter (b. [[1723]]) 
-* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[1747]]) 
-* [[March 3]] &ndash; [[Robert Adam]], British architect (b. [[1728]]) 
-* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1713]]) 
-* [[March 29]] &ndash; King [[Gustav III of Sweden]] (assassinated) (b. [[1746]]) 
-* [[April 3]] &ndash; [[George Pocock]], British admiral (b. [[1706]]) 
-* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[James Sykes (delegate)|James Sykes]], American politician (b. [[1725]]) 
-* [[April 14]] &ndash; [[Maximilian Hell]], Slovakian astronomer (b. [[1720]]) 
-* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Karl Friedrich Bahrdt]], German theologian and adventurer (b. [[1741]]) 
-* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich]], English statesman (b. [[1718]]) 
-* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[John Stevens (New Jersey)|John Stevens]], American delegate to the Continental Congress 
-* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Charles Simon Favart]], French dramatist (b. [[1710]]) 
-* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney]], British naval officer (b. [[1718]]) 
-* [[June 4]] &ndash; [[John Burgoyne]], British general (b. [[1723]]) 
- 
-=== July&ndash;December === 
-* [[July 3]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick]] (b. [[1721]]) 
-* [[July 18]] &ndash; [[John Paul Jones]], American naval captain (b. [[1747]]) 
-* [[July 29]] &ndash; [[René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou]], Chancellor of France (b. [[1714]]) 
-* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Frederick North, Lord North]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1732]]) 
* [[August 25]] &ndash; [[Jacques Cazotte]], French writer (b. [[1719]]) * [[August 25]] &ndash; [[Jacques Cazotte]], French writer (b. [[1719]])
-* [[September 3]] &ndash; [[Marie-Louise, princesse de Lamballe|Princesse de Lamballe]], French princess, friend of [[Marie Antoinette]] (murdered during the French Revolution) (b. [[1749]])+* [[September 3]] &ndash; [[Princess Marie Louise of Savoy|Princesse de Lamballe]], French princess, friend of [[Marie Antoinette]] (murdered during the French Revolution) (b. [[1749]])
-* [[September 8]] &ndash; [[Charles d'Abancourt]], French statesman (b. [[1758]])+
-* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[August Gottlieb Spangenberg]], German religious leader (b. [[1704]])+
-* [[September 25]] &ndash; [[Adam Gottlob Moltke]], Danish statesman (b. [[1710]])+
-* [[September 29]] &ndash; [[George Browne (soldier)|George Browne]], Russian-Irish field-marshal (b. [[1698]])+
-* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[George Mason]], American patriot (b. [[1725]])+
-* [[October 14]] &ndash; [[Sophie Charlotte Ackermann]], German actress (b. [[1714]])+
-* [[October 22]] &ndash; [[Guillaume Le Gentil]], French astronomer (b. [[1725]])+
-* [[October 28]]+
-** [[Paul Möhring]], German physician and scientist (b. [[1710]])+
-** [[John Smeaton]], English civil engineer (b. [[1724]])+
-* [[December 15]] &ndash; [[Joseph Martin Kraus]], Swedish composer (b. [[1756]])+
-* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab]], Arabic preacher (b. [[1703]])+
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