Mar 04 Oranges introduced to Hawaii

Mar 10 John Stone patented the pile driver on this day.

Mar 24 Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London

Mar 01 US Presidential Succession Act passed

Mar 16 Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera

Mar 07 Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)

Aug 10 Mobs in Paris attack the palace of Louis XVI

Aug 29 At least 900 die when the British warship Royal George sinks at Spithead while repairs are being carried out just below the waterline.

Aug 04 The birth of Percy Shelley, English poet

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

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

Dec 15 The first US life insurance policy is issued in Philadelphia

Dec 17 Opening of first legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city

Dec 11 France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason

May 08 US establishes military draft

May 19 Russian army enters Poland

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