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) was born in the year 1790.   

Jan 19   Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 11   Ignaz Assmayer, composer was born in the year 1790.   

Feb 16   Chretien Urhan, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician was born in the year 1790.   

Mar 14   On this day in history birth of ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (d. 1863)   

Mar 15   On this day in history birth of nicola Vaccai, composer   

Mar 15   Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician (d. 1861) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1790 johann Trier, composer, dies at 73   

Jan 07   Antonio Corbisiero, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1790.   

Jan 08   John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81 in the year 1790.   

Jan 13   In the year 1790 death of luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712)   

Jan 15   In the year 1790 death of john Landen, English mathematician (b. 1719)   

Jan 31   Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718) died in the year 1790.   

Feb 05   In the year 1790 death of william Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)