1794

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Years:	1791 1792 1793 - 1794 - 1795 1796 1797

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[edit] Events of 1794

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, USS Constellation and USS Constitution went into service), not to be confused with October 13, 1775 which is observed as the Navy's Birthday.
April 5 - Execution of Georges Danton
April 30 - Battle of Boulou between French and Spanish forces.
May 8 - French chemist Antoine Lavoisier is executed by guillotine.
May 18 - 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 - British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.
June 26 - Battle of Fleurus between French forces and those Austria.

July 13 - Battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria.
July 27 - French Revolution: French Convention ousts Maximilien Robespierre - he is arrested when he encourages the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution."
July 28 - Maximilien Robespierre is guillotined in front of a cheering crowd, for sending thousands of others to a similar fate during the French Revolution.
August 7 - Whiskey Rebellion begins: Farmers in the Monongahela Valley of Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks.
August 20 - Battle of Fallen Timbers - American troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat.
October 22 - Fort Wayne founded in what is now the U.S. state of Indiana.
October 2 - Battle of Aldenhoven between French forces and those Austria.
November 19 - The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to clear up some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War.
November 20 - Battle of St-Laurent-de-la-Muga fought between French and Spanish forces.
December 8 - The Great New Orleans Fire (1794) burns over 200 buildings in the French Quarter.
December 23 - In New Orleans, St. Louis Cathedral is dedicated.

February 20 - William Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869)
February 21 - Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and 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)