1790

Year 1790 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 11-day slower ).

January - June

 * - U.S. President gives the first.
 * - The first boat specialized as a is tested on the.
 * - In the  convenes for the first time.
 * - declares to the  that he will maintain the al laws.
 * - petitions the  for the  of.
 * - The first is authorized.
 * - is divided into 83 s, which cut across the former s, in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.
 * - reported to President  in  as the new.
 * -  system is established.
 * - dies at age 84.
 * - : King sent the battlefleet to eliminate the Russian squadron wintering at Reval, but is defeated: killing 8 Russians, 51 Swedes are killed, 250 captured, and 2 ships are sunk.
 * - ratifies the  and becomes the 13th.
 * - the famous dinner at the Jefferson Residence where, , and 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.
 * - Alleged arrested in : he later receives two years for three assaults. Then later he finds his mother.

July - December

 * - : - In a massive  battle of 300 ships, the  navy captures one third of the n fleet: 304 Swedes killed, 3500 Russians killed, 6000 captured, 51 Russian ships sunk & 22 taken.
 * - : Citizens of celebrate the constitutional monarchy and national reconciliation in the.
 * - The signing of the establishes a site along the  as the  (seat of government) of the  (see ).
 * - Inventor becomes the first to be issued a   (for an improved method of making ).
 * - A newly passed U.S. act creates the  (the forerunner of the ).
 * - : 26,000 Turkish soldiers lose their lives during 's storm of.

Undated

 * Prime Minister of Great Britain refuses to recognize  independence.
 * Construction begins on the.
 * is introduced by.
 * becomes federal capital of the.
 * The first United States Census is taken.

Births

 * -, 10th (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, French explorer (d. )
 * -, Austrian playwright (d. )
 * -, English surgeon (d. )
 * -, German mathematician and astronomer (d. )
 * -, British admiral (d. )
 * -, German Classical Scholar (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, English Arctic explorer (d. )
 * -, French Egyptologist (d. )
 * probable -, chief (d.)


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, French admiral (b. )
 * -, English mathematician (b. )
 * -, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. )
 * -, Scottish physician and chemist (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Austro-Hungarian general (b. )
 * -, American scientist and statesman (b. )
 * -, American Continental Congressman (b. )
 * -, American Continental Congressman
 * -, English politician (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )
 * -, American Revolutionary War general (b. )
 * -, French chemist (b. )
 * -, Dutch philosopher (b. )
 * -, Austrian field marshal (b. )
 * -, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. )
 * -, German educational reformer (b. )
 * -, Governor of New Jersey (b. )
 * -, German historian and theologian (b. )
 * -, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. )
 * -, American Revolutionary leader and politician (b. )
 * -, American Continental Congressman (b. )
 * date unknown -,  (b. )


 * See also .