Important Historical Events of the year 1794, Year 1794 in History

List of 1794 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1794

What happened in the year 1794?

Date Event
February 4, 1794 The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French First Republic.
February 11, 1794 First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
February 26, 1794 The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.
March 4, 1794 The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
March 14, 1794 Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
March 22, 1794 The Slave Trade Act of 1794 bans the export of slaves from the United States, and prohibits American citizens from outfitting a ship for the purpose of importing slaves.
March 24, 1794 In Kraków, Tadeusz Kościuszko announces a general uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia, and assumes the powers of the Commander in Chief of all of the Polish forces.[17][18]
March 27, 1794 The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
April 26, 1794 Battle of Beaumont during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
April 28, 1794 Sardinians, headed by Giovanni Maria Angioy, start a revolution against the Savoy domination, expelling Viceroy Balbiano and his officials from Cagliari, the capital and largest city of the island.
May 7, 1794 French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
May 8, 1794 Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme générale, is tried, convicted and guillotined in one day in Paris.
May 18, 1794 Battle of Tourcoing during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
June 1, 1794 The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.
June 8, 1794 Maximilien Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.
June 17, 1794 Foundation of Anglo-Corsican Kingdom.
June 23, 1794 Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in Kyiv.
June 26, 1794 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marked the first successful military use of aircraft.
June 30, 1794 Northwest Indian War: Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.
July 13, 1794 The Battle of Trippstadt between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria begins.
July 17, 1794 The 16 Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne are executed ten days prior to the end of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
July 27, 1794 French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
July 28, 1794 French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
August 7, 1794 U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
August 8, 1794 Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.
August 20, 1794 Northwest Indian War: United States troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
September 15, 1794 French Revolutionary Wars: Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) sees his first combat at the Battle of Boxtel during the Flanders Campaign.
September 17, 1794 Flanders Campaign: France completes its conquest of the Austrian Netherlands at the Battle of Sprimont.
November 19, 1794 The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War.