January 13 Congress changes U.S. flag to 15 stars and 15 stripes January 14 Dr. Jessee Bennet of Edom Va, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation on his wife February 4 French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery February 10 Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E, premieres February 11 1st session of U.S. Senate open to the public February 14 1st U.S. textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia February 28 U.S. Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin March 3 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D March 3 Richard Allen founded AME Church March 11 Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens March 14 Eli Whitney patents cotton gin March 22 Congress bans U.S. vessels from supplying slaves to other countries March 23 1st U.S. patent (Joseph G Pierson for a riveting machine) March 23 Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine March 23 Lieutenant-General Tadeusz Kosciuszko returns to Poland March 27 U.S. Navy forms March 28 Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August) April 21 New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British May 6 Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France May 8 U.S. Post Office established May 17 Hard frost in southern New England May 18 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria) June 1 English fleet under Richard Earl Howe defeats French June 4 Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers June 5 Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces June 10 Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, forms June 10 France revolutionary regime begins trials June 16 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch) June 23 Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev June 25 French troops occupy Charleroi June 26 Battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army June 30 Battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio July 2 2nd Battle of Seneffe: France-Austria July 17 African Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated July 17 Richard Allen organizes Philadelphia's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church July 27 Coup of thermidor/fall of Robespierre in Paris July 31 All Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem August 1 Whiskey Rebellion begins August 16 Hungarian revolutionary Ignac Martinovics arrested in Vienna August 20 General Mad Anthony Wayne defeated the Indians at Fallen Timbers Ohio August 26 French troops occupy Lock September 27 French troops conquer Crevecoeur October 9 French troops occupy Hertogenbosch October 29 French troops occupies Venlo October 31 John Dalton 1st lecture to Manchester Literary/Philosophical Society November 3 French troops conquer Maastricht November 7 French troops conquer Nijmegen November 9 Russian troops occupy Warsaw November 19 Jakobonen Club forms in Paris November 19 Jay Treaty, 1st U.S. extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain November 21 Honolulu Harbor discovered November 22 Strasbourg Alsace-Lorraine, prohibits circumcision and wearing of beards December 8 1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published December 15 Revolutionary Tribunal abolished in France December 30 French troops conquer Grave, Netherlands
