1790s

The 1790s was a decade that began on 1 January 1790 and ended on 31 December 1799. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''180st decade''' which began on January 1, 1791 and ended on December 31, 1800.

Events

• French Revolution
• Supreme Court of the United States meets for first time.
• Whiskey Rebellion in the United States.
• First State of the Union Address

World leaders

• King Louis XVI (France)
• Maximilien Robespierre (France)
• King George III (Great Britain)
• Emperor Leopold II (Holy Roman Empire)
• Emperor Francis II (Holy Roman Empire)
• Frederick William II of Prussia, King of Prussia
• Emperor Kangxi (China)
• Pope Pius VI
• Empress Catherine II (Russia)
• Emperor Paul (Russia)
• King Charles IV (Spain)
• President George Washington (United States)
• President John Adams (United States)
• Shahs of Persia (Zand dynasty and Qajar dynasty)

1. Lotf Ali Khan, 1789–1794
2. Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, 1796–1797
3. Fath Ali Shah, 1797–1834

Births

• Jean-François Champollion, French Egyptologist (1790)
• Samuel Morse, American inventor (1791)
• Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and President of Mexico (1794)

Deaths

• Benjamin Franklin, American scientist and statesman (1790)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (1791)
• George Washington, first President of the United States (1799)