January 9 Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Jassy February 7 Austria and Prussia sign anti-French covenant February 7 D Cimarosa's opera "Il Matrimonio Segreto," premieres in Vienna February 20 U.S. postal service created; postage 6 cents -12 cents, depending on distance February 21 Congress passes President Succession Act February 23 Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners) February 23 Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres March 1 U.S. Presidential Succession Act passed March 4 Oranges introduced to Hawaii March 16 Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera March 24 Benjamin West (U.S.) becomes president of Royal Academy of London April 1 Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce April 2 Congress establishes Philadelphia mint April 2 U.S. authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle and 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins and silver dollar, dollar, quarter, dime and half-dime April 5 George Washington casts 1st presidential veto April 14 France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars April 20 France declares war on Austria, Prussia and Sardinia April 24 "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle April 25 Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier May 7 Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) May 8 British Captain George Vancouver sights, names Mount Rainier, Washington May 8 U.S. establishes military draft May 11 Columbia River discovered and named by U.S. Captain Robert Gray May 12 Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented May 16 Denmark abolishes slave trade May 17 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street May 19 Russian army enters Poland June 1 Kentucky admitted as 15th U.S. state June 4 Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain June 12 George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver BC June 13 King Louis XVI fires French government June 21 Vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil and Mexicana off Vancouver, BC July 8 France declares war on Prussia July 11 Prussia army moves into French territory July 25 Dutch patriots exiles finds "Bataafs Legion" July 30 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time July 31 Cornerstone laid for 1st U.S. government building: U.S. Mint in Philadelphia August 10 Mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI August 13 Revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette August 29 English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900 September 2 Paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails and slaughter them September 20 French defeat Prussians at Valmy September 21 1st French Republic forms September 21 Proposal by Collot D'Herbois, to abolish the monarchy in France September 22 Origin of French Republican Era October 2 Baptist Missionary Society forms in London October 12 Columbus Day is 1st celebrated October 13 1st Old Farmer's Almanac is published October 13 Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House) November 6 Battle at Jemappes: French army beats Ausrtrians November 14 Captain George Vancouver is 1st Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay November 25 Farmer's Almanac 1st published December 5 George Washington re-elected U.S. president December 8 1st cremation in U.S., Henry Laurens December 11 France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason December 12 In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn December 15 1st life insurance policy issued in U.S. in Philadelphia December 17 Opening of 1st legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city
