Page 2: Historical Events In 1790

Mar 21   Thomas Jefferson reports to Pres Washington in NY as Sec of State   

Mar 21   Thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State   

Mar 22   Thomas Jefferson is recorded as becoming the 1st US Secretary of State.   

Mar 22   Thomas Jefferson is recorded as becoming the inaugural US Secretary of State   

Mar 26   Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency.   

Mar 27   The modern shoestring (string and shoe holes) invented in England.   

Mar 27   The shoelace invented   

Mar 29   John Tyler, Former American President is born.   

Mar 29   John Tyler, Va, (D/W) 10th Pres (1841-1845).   

Mar 30   Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877   

Apr 03   Revenue Marine Service (US Coast Guard), created.   

Apr 10   Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth   

Apr 10   Spanish start building forts in Nootka Sound to exploit sea otter harvest; try to head off English traders after the recent visit by Captain Cook.   

Apr 10   US Patent system established.   

Apr 17   Benjamin Franklin, US, (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84.   

Apr 30   Colonial troops occupy Bonni's marroon village   

Apr 30   John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrialist.   

May 06   Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer   

May 09   William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress   

May 12   [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer   

May 21   Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies.   

May 26   Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress   

May 27   Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed and stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89.   

May 29   Rhode Is is recorded as becoming last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution   

May 29   Rhode Island is recorded as becoming last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution   

May 31   US copyright law enacted   

Jun 01   Salomon J Rappoport, Czech rabbi/learned (Ereg miliem)   

Jun 08   Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 75.   

Jun 09   1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book"   

Jun 09   The inaugural book copyrighted under the constitution, Philadelphia Spelling Book.   

Jun 10   Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer.   

Jun 13   Jose Antonio Peez, president of Venezuela   

Jun 19   John Gibson, British (?) sculptor.   

Jun 21   Wilhelm Speyer, composer   

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Jan 09   Per daniel amadeus atterbom: Swedish poet (lycksalighetens)   

Jan 19   Per daniel amadeus atterbom: Swedish historian/poet (blommorna)   

Feb 11   Ignaz assmayer: Composer   

Feb 16   Chretien urhan: Composer   

Feb 18   Marshall hall: Basford nottinghamshire, physician   

Mar 14   Ludwig emil grimm: German painter and engraver   

Mar 15   Nicola vaccai: Composer   

Mar 15   Ludwig immanuel magnus: German mathematician    

Jan 02   Joseph a feuchtmayer (feichtmayer): German rococo sculptor,   

Jan 06   Johann trier: Composer,    

Jan 07   Antonio corbisiero: Composer,   

Jan 08   John stinstra: Dutch baptist vicar,    

Jan 13   Luc urbain de bouexic: Comte de guichen, french admiral (b. 1712)   

Jan 15   John landen: English mathematician (b. 1719)   

Jan 31   Thomas lewis: Irish-born virginia settler (b. 1718)   

Feb 05   William cullen: Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)