In history, year 1794 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1794.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1794:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 14 march | American inventor Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin, the first ever machine that quickly and easily separated cotton fibers from their seedpods. |
| 27 march | To protect American merchant ships from Barbary pirates, the United States Congress passed the Naval Act to establish a naval force, consisting of the USS Constitution and five other frigates, which eventually became the United States Navy. |
| 01 may | War of the Pyrenees-France remained nearly all the land it lost to Spain the previous year with its victory in the Battle of Boulou. |
| 07 may | The Reign of Terror-Branded a traitor, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, a former royal tax collector with the Ferme générale, was tried, convicted, and guillotined on the same day. |
| 07 may | French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre established the Cult of the Supreme Being as the new state religion of the French First Republic. |
| 01 june | The Glorious First of June, the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the FirstFrench Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars, was fought. |
| 23 june | Empress Catherine II of Russia granted Jews permission to settle in Kiev. Yekaterina Alexeyevna or Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great, was the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia. Her reign was called Russia's golden age. |
| 26 june | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marked the first successful military use of aircraft. The French use of the reconnaissance balloon l'Entreprenant marked the first military use of an aircraft that had influence on the outcome of the battle. |
| 27 july | The National Convention ordered the arrest and execution ofReign of Terror leader Maximilien Robespierre after he encouraged theexecution of more than 17,000 'enemies of the French Revolution'. |
| 28 july | French Revolution-Maximilien de Robespierre and Louis Antoinede Saint-Just architects of the Reign of Terror, were executed after having been arrested the previousday. |
| 19 november | The United States and Great Britain concluded the Jay Treaty,the basis for ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations. |
| 28 August | The period of fear and terror came to an end after the death penalty of Maximilian Robespierre and his comrades in France. |
| 13 January | Congress averaged 15 stars and 15 stripes in the US flag. |
| 04 February | The French First Republic abolished slavery. |
| 14 March | Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gene. |
| 30 April | The Battle of Balluo was fought, in which the French army defeated the Spanish under General Union. |
| 18 May | Battle of Trecoing: French troops defeated the British Army. |
| 24 June | Bowdoin College was founded in Brunswick, Maine. |
| 12 July | Horatio Nelson lost sight in his right eye in a British army operation at Calvi in Corsica. |
| 20 August | The Fallen Timbers were fought in Northwestern Ohio. |
| 10 September | The University of Tennessee was founded in Knoxville. |
| 29 October | French troops captured Venlo. |
| 14 November | The first recording meeting of the Franklin Literary Society was held at the Canonsburg Academy of Modern Washington and Jefferson College). |
| 15 December | The Revolutionary Tribunal was abolished in France. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1794:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 05 July | Sylvester Graham / Activist / United States of America |
| 05 March | Robert Cooper Grier / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 09 April | Theobald Boehm / Composer / Germany |
| 10 October | William Whiting Boardman / Politician / United States of America |
| 11 August | James B. Longacre / Engraver / United States of America |
| 12 April | Germinal Pierre Dandelin / Mathematician / Belgium |
| 12 February | Alexander Petrov / Chess Player / Russia |
| 13 April | Jean Pierre Flourens / Academic / France |
| 14 December | Erastus Corning / Politician / United States of America |
| 16 March | Ami Boué / Geologist / Austria |
| 17 April | Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius / Explorer / Germany |
| 18 April | William Debenham / Founder / United Kingdom |
| 20 February | William Carleton / Author / Ireland |
| 21 February | Antonio López de Santa Anna / Politician / Mexico |
| 23 April | Wei Yuan / Author / China |
| 24 July | Johan Georg Forchhammer / Mineralogist / Denmark |
| 24 May | William Whewell / Philosopher / United Kingdom |
| 26 March | Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld / Painter / Germany |
| 29 May | Johann Heinrich von Mädler / Astronomer / Germany |
| 31 March | Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan / Politician / United States of America |
