1790

{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;"\n|- \n| align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1787 1788 1789 - 1790 - 1791 1792 1793\n|-\n| align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s\n|- \n| align="center" | Centuries:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Ongoing events 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

\n* January 8 - George Washington gives the first State of the Union Address \n* January 30 - The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.\n* February 1 - In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time. \n* February 11 - Society of Friends petitions Congress for the abolition of slavery.\n* March 1 - The first United States census is authorized \n* May 29 - Rhode Island ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 13th U.S. state.\n* July 9 - Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund - In the Baltic Sea, the Swedish navy captures one third of the Russian fleet. \n* 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). \n* July 31 - Inventor Samuel Hopkins becomes the first to be issued a US patent (for an improved method of making potash). \n* August 4 - A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard). \n* William Pitt refuses to recognize Belgium independence.\n*Construction begins on the White House.\n* U.S Funding Bill introduced by Alexander Hamilton.\n* Philadelphia becomes federal capital of the U.S.

Ongoing events

\n* French Revolution (1789-1799) \n

Births

\n* March 29 - John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (+ 1862)\n*May 23 - Jules Dumont d'Urville, explorer (+ 1842)\n*December 16 - Leopold I of Belgium\n* December 19 - William Edward Parry, Arctic explorer († 1855)\n*Ignaz Assmayer, composer

Deaths

\n* February 20 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor\n*July 17 - Adam Smith, Scottish economist\n*April 17 - Benjamin Franklin \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n