Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s
Years: 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 - 1793 - 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798
Events
- January 9 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States.
- January 21 - After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is guillotined.
- January 2 - Russia and Prussia partition Poland
- February 1 - France declares war on England, the Netherlands.
- February 25 - George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States.
- March 5 - French troops are defeated by Austrian forces and Liege is recaptured.
Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy
Births
- January 3 - Lucretia Mott, women's rights activist and abolitionist
- March 2 - Samuel Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (+ 1863)
- March 4 - Karl Lachmann, philologist (+ 1851).
Deaths
- January 21 - Louis XVI of France executed
- February 1 - William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman
- February 6 - Carlo Goldoni, playwright
- July 13 - Jean Paul Marat (assassinated by Charlotte Corday)
- October 8 - John Hancock, revolutionary, businessman
- October 16 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (executed)