| January 16 | French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht, Netherlands |
| January 18 | French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance |
| January 18 | Governor/viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England |
| January 19 | Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy |
| February 2 | Joseph Haydns 102nd Symphony in B, premieres |
| February 5 | Zealand Netherlands surrenders to French general Michaud |
| February 7 | 11th Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified, affirms power of states |
| February 7 | Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies |
| February 13 | 1st state university in U.S. opens, University of North Carolina |
| February 17 | Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England |
| February 21 | Freedom of worship established in France under constitution |
| March 5 | Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution |
| March 5 | Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France |
| March 11 | Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols |
| March 29 | Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna |
| April 23 | William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason |
| May 16 | Hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state |
| June 6 | Fire destroy 1/3 of Copenhagen; 18,000 injured |
| June 24 | U.S. and Great Britain sign Jay Treaty, 1st U.S. extradition treaty |
| July 1 | John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court |
| July 9 | James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 U.S. national debt |
| July 15 | "Marseillaise" becomes French national anthem |
| July 27 | Spain and France sign peace treaty |
| August 15 | Joseph Haydn leaves England forever |
| August 18 | Curacao governor De Veer sends miltia to stop rebellious slaves |
| August 20 | Joseph Haydn returns to Vienna from England |
| August 25 | Curacao slaves opponents returns to St. Christopher |
| September 5 | U.S. - Algiers sign peace treaty |
| September 15 | Cape Colony surrenders to England |
| September 16 | British capture Capetown South Africa |
| September 19 | Tula, leader of Curacao slave opposition, imprisoned |
| September 23 | Conseil of the Cinq-Cents (Council of 500), forms in Paris |
| October 1 | France annexes Southern Netherlands |
| October 2 | Tula (leader slave uprising) sentence to death in Curacao |
| October 16 | M von Bohms "Oorlogscantate" premieres |
| October 24 | 3rd partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia |
| October 26 | Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and U.S. is signed, establishing southern boundary of U.S. and giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi |
| October 27 | Treaty of San Lorenzo, provides free navigation of Mississippi |
| November 20 | Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday |
| November 28 | U.S. pays $800,000 and a frigate as tribute to Algiers and Tunis |
| December 19 | 1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky |
