May 08 US establishes military draft

May 19 Russian army enters Poland

May 08 British Captain George Vancouver sights, names Mount Rainier WA

May 11 Columbia River discovered & named by US Captain Robert Gray

May 17 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street

May 07 Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)

May 12 Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented

May 16 Denmark abolishes slave trade

May 17 The New York Stock Exchange formed today by 24 merchants at 70 Wall Street

Jan 09 Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Jassy

Jan 21 French King Louis XVI was executed in Paris.

Feb 07 Austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant

Feb 23 Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres

Feb 20 US postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance

Feb 23 Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners)

Feb 29 The birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine

Feb 21 Congress passes Presidential Succession Act

Apr 20 France declares war on Austria, Prussia & Sardinia

Apr 02 US authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle &2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins &silver dollar, « dollar, quarter, dime &half-dime

Apr 25 Guillotine used for the first time in France on a highwayman

Apr 02 Congress establishes Philadelphia mint

Apr 24 "La Marseillaise", which later becomes the French national anthem, composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle

Apr 25 Guillotine first used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier

Apr 24 "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle

Apr 02 Congress establishes the US mint to coin American money

Apr 05 George Washington casts 1st presidential veto

Nov 14 Capt George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay

Sep 22 Origin of French Republican Era

Sep 21 The French National Convention votes to abolish the monarchy.

Sep 21 France becomes a republic, abolishing its monarchy

Sep 20 French defeat Prussians at Valmy

Sep 27 The birth of George Cruikshank, English illustrator and caricaturist

Jun 04 Capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain

Jun 21 Vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil &Mexicana off Vancouver, BC

Jun 12 Capt. George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, BC

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