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
