Mar 14 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin

Mar 11 Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens

Mar 28 Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)

Mar 03 Richard Allen founded AME Church

Mar 03 First performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D

Mar 23 Lieutenant-General Tadeusz Kosciuszko returns to Poland

Mar 22 Congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries

Mar 23 Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine

Mar 27 United States Navy founded

Mar 27 Congress authorizes the President "to provide a naval armament" (US Navy)

Aug 20 Gen Mad Anthony Wayne routes Indians at Fallen Timbers, Ohio

Sep 28 Britain, Austria and Russia form alliance against France

Feb 11 First session of US Senate open to the public

Feb 04 French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery

Feb 28 US Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin

Feb 10 Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E, premieres

Feb 14 First US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia PA

Nov 19 Jay Treaty, first US extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain

Nov 21 Honolulu Harbor discovered

Dec 15 Revolutionary Tribunal abolished in France

Dec 08 Premier issue of the Herald of Rutland, VT published

May 18 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria)

May 08 US Post Office established

May 17 Hard frost in southern New England

May 06 Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France

Jul 17 African Church of St Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated

Jul 17 Richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church

Jun 28 Joshua Humphreys appointed master builder to build Navy ships at an annual salary of $2,000.

Jun 05 The U.S. Congress pases the Neutrality Act, prohibiting Americans from enlisting in the service of a foreign power.

Jun 30 Battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio

Jan 14 Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom VA, performs first successful Cesarean section operation on his wife

Jan 13 Congress changes US flag to 15 stars &15 stripes