1790

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Year 1790 (MDCCXC) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday^[1] of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).

[edit] Events of 1790

January 8 - U.S. President George Washington gives the first State of the Union Address.
January 30 - The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.
February 1 - In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.
February 4 - Louis XVI of France declares to the National Assembly that he will maintain the constitutional laws.
February 11 - Religious Society of Friends petitions the United States Congress for the abolition of slavery.
March 1 - The first United States census is authorized.
March 4 - France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces, in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.
March 21 - Thomas Jefferson reported to President George Washington in New York as the new Secretary of State of the United States.

April 10 - United States Patent system is established.
April 17 - Ben Franklin dies at age 84.
May 13 - Battle of Reval: King Gustav III of Sweden sent the battlefleet to eliminate the Russian squadron wintering at Reval (Estonia), but is defeated: killing 8 Russians, 51 Swedes are killed, 250 captured, and 2 ships are sunk.
May 29 - Rhode Island ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 13th U.S. state.
June 20 - the famous dinner at the Jefferson Residence where Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton decided a compromise: Madison agreed to vote for the assumption of state debts by the federal government; Hamilton agreed to vote for the capitol to be above the Potomac. (Compromise of 1790)
June 23 - Alleged London Monster arrested in London: he later receives six years for three assaults.

July - Louis XVI of France accepts a constitutional monarchy.
July 9 - Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund - In a massive Baltic Sea battle of 300 ships, the Swedish navy captures one third of the Russian fleet: 304 Swedes killed, 3500 Russians killed, 6000 captured, 51 Russian ships sunk & 22 taken.
July 12 - French Revolution: Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed. This completed the destruction of the monastic orders, legislating out of existence all regular and secular chapters for either sex, abbacies and priorships.
July 14 - French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the constitutional monarchy and national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
July 16 - The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia (seat of government) of the United States (see Washington, DC).
July 27- Convention of Reichenbach signed between Prussia and Austria
July 31 - Inventor Samuel Hopkins becomes the first to be issued a U.S. patent (for an improved method of making potash).
August 4 - A newly passed U.S. tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
December 11 - Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792: 26,000 Turkish soldiers lose their lives during Suvorov's storm of Izmail.

Prime Minister of Great Britain William Pitt refuses to recognize Belgian independence.
Construction begins on the White House.
U.S. Funding Bill is introduced by Alexander Hamilton.
Georgetown, Maryland becomes federal capital of the United States.
The first United States Census is taken. 757,181 blacks in a total US population of 3,929,625.
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor starts to rule.