What happened in 1790?
123 recorded events in 1790, including 56 in people, 22 in wars & conflicts and 15 in architecture & engineering. A further 5 events are dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 22
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Third Anglo-Mysore War
Conflict between the Kingdom of Mysore and the East India Company and its allies
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Siege of Izmail
1790 battle in the Russo–Turkish War
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Battle of Vyborg Bay
1790 battle
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Battle of Falmagne
1790 battle in the Austria Netherlands
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Battle of Fredrikshamn
1790 battle
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Battle of Valkeala
1790 battle
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Battle of Kronstadt
Naval battle in 1790
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Siege of Ceuta
1790–1791 siege
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Siege of Oran 1790–1792
1790–1792 siege
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Battle of Calicut
1790 battle
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Battle of Keltis barracks
1790 battle
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Battle of the Tokhtamysh River
1790 battle
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Battle of Savitaipal
1790 battle
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Battle of Pardakoski–Kärnakoski
Battle Russia-Swedish War 1788-1790 years
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Battle of Björkösund
1790 battle
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Siege of Giurgiu
Siege of the city of Giurgiu by the Austrian army in 1790
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Relief of Cetingrad
Relief of Cetingrad (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Fort Wayne
1790 battle
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Battle of Sittimungulum
1790 battle
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Capture of Cannanore
Battle of the Third Anglo-Mysore War
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Siege of Koppal
1791 siege
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Siege of Darwar
1790 siege
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Politics & Government 5
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Treaty of Värälä
1790 peace treaty between Sweden and Russia
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Polish–Prussian alliance
Alliance between the Commonwealth of Poland and Prussia (Warsaw, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; 1790)
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Treaty of Reichenbach
Treaty
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Nootka Convention
1790–1794 Spanish–British agreements to settle overlapping claims in northwestern America
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Treaty of New York
1790 treaty between the United States and Creek Nations
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People 56
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Pinchas of Koretz died
Polish rabbi
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Jacob Christian Schäffer died
German inventor, professor, botanist, entomologist and ornithologist (1718–1790)
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William Cullen died
Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist; (1710-1790)
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Patrick Browne died
Irish physician and botanist (1720-1790)
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John Gore died
British American sailor
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Johann II Bernoulli died
Swiss mathematician (1710-1790)
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Johannes Gessner died
Swiss scientist (1709-1790)
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Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle died
French geologist
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Lucia Galeazzi Galvani died
Italian Medical scientist
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John Landen died
Mathematician
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Philipp Matthäus Hahn died
German pastor and inventor (1739-1790)
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William Roy died
Scottish military engineer, surveyor and antiquarian (1726–1790)
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Giammaria Ortes died
Italian composer and academic
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Johann Jacob Ferber died
Swedish mineralogist
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François-Henri Clicquot died
Very famous Parisian organ builder of the 18th century, the last representative of the Clicquot organ builders and the last great organ builder of the former Kingdom of France
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Marc-Antoine Eidous died
French writer, translator and Encyclopedist
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Giordano Riccati died
Italian physicist, architect and music theorist
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Jacques-André Mallet died
Genevan astronomer (1740-1790)
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John Campbell died
British naval officer, navigational expert and colonial governor
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Charles-Benjamin de Lubières died
Genevan mathematician and writer
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Antoine Choquet de Lindu died
French engineer and architect (1712-1790)
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Karl de Florencourt Chassot died
Entomologist (1757-1790)
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Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan died
Portuguese scientist
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Gelenbevi Ismail Efendi died
Professor, mathematician
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Thomas Cresap died
American settler
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Samuel Heinicke died
German educator (1727-1790)
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Marie Louise Mignot died
Niece of Voltaire and French literary figure (1712-1790)
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Charlotte Eckerman died
Swedish opera singer, actress and courtesan
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Lovisa Augusti died
Singer (1756-1790)
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John Edwin died
English actor, born 1749
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Maria Vittoria Ottoboni died
Actor
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Marie-Madeleine Jodin died
French actor and author
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Johann Georg Röllig died
German composer, organist and chapel master
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Cornelia Ghijben died
Dutch actress (born c.1733)
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Thomas Ryder died
British actor and theatre manager
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David Ross died
English actor and theatre manager
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John Tyler born
Born in Greenway Plantation. President of the United States from 1841 to 1845.
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Alphonse de Lamartine born
Born in Mâcon. French author, poet and statesman (1790-1869).
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Leopold I of Belgium born
Born in Coburg. German prince who became the first King of the Belgians (1790–1865).
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Jules Dumont d'Urville born
Born in Condé-sur-Noireau. French Navy officer and explorer (1790–1842).
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Ferdinand Raimund born
Born in Vienna. Austrian dramatist, actor and writer (1790-1836).
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José Antonio Páez born
Born in Captaincy General of Venezuela. President of Venezuela (1790-1873).
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John Austin born
Born in Creeting St Mary. Legal philosopher; (1790-1859).
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Manuel Blanco Encalada born
Born in Buenos Aires. Chilean politician and President (1790-1876).
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Astolphe-Louis-Léonor de Custine, Marquis de Custine born
Born in Niderviller. French aristocrat and writer (1790-1857).
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Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom born
Born in Åsbo church parish. Swedish poet (1790–1855).
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Ferenc Kölcsey born
Born in Săuca. Hungarian politician and writer (1790-1838).
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Juan Álvarez Hurtado born
Born in Atoyac de Álvarez. President of Mexico (1790-1867).
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Abel-François Villemain born
Born in Paris. French politician and writer (1790-1870).
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Melchor Múzquiz born
Born in Ciudad Melchor Múzquiz. President of Mexico (1790-1844).
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Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer born
Born in Brixen. Austrian historian (1790-1861).
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Juan Álvarez Mendizábal born
Born in Chiclana de la Frontera. Prime Minister of Spain (1790-1853).
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Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella born
Born in Tournai. Belgian politician (1790-1873).
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Georg Ludwig von Maurer born
Born in Erpolzheim. German historian and politician (1790-1872).
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Mzilikazi born
Born in Mkuze. Ndebele king.
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John Gore died
Died in Greenwich. British American sailor.
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Science & Technology 2
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Astronomical observatory of Palermo
Astronomical observatory in Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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Royal Observatory of Madrid
Observatory in Madrid, Spain
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Religion & Belief Systems 1
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Church of John the Baptist
Church in Russia, Russia
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Economy & Trade 15
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Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth
Company in Czechia
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Webley & Scott
British arms manufacturer
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Bene GmbH
Austrian office furniture manufacturer
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Sandeman
Port wine company
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Harvey's Brewery
Brewery in East Sussex, England, UK
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King Arthur Baking Company
American flour and baking company
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Butterley Company
English manufacturing company
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Weimar Porzellan
Weimar Porzellan (Economy & Trade).
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Dobson & Barlow
A manufacturer of textile machinery
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Wright's Biscuits
UK business
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I. & R. Morley
Business
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Phoenix Iron Works
American iron and steel manufacturer
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Cortébert
Swiss watch brand
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W & J Galloway & Sons
A British manufacturer
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Asa Lees
Textile machine manufacturer
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1790 Oran earthquake
Seismic event in Algeria
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Architecture & Engineering 15
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Yıldız Palace
Palace in Istanbul, Turkey
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Chiajna Monastery
Monastery
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Monastery of Saint Minas of Kes
Armenian monastery in Turkey
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Brunkeberg Church
Church building in Kviteseid, Eastern Norway
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St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury
Church in Shropshire, England, UK
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Klæbu Church
Octagonal wooden church in Klæbu municipality, Norway
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Saint George Armenian Church (Tehran)
Church in Tehran, Iranian national heritage site
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Brøttum Church
Church in Ringsaker, Innlandet, Norway
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Church of St Mary
Historic church in Wanstead, Redbridge, London, England, UK
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Church of the Transfiguration (Krivaja)
Church building in Šabac, Serbia
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San Giuseppe, Ragusa
Church
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Saint George Church
Church building in West Bačka District, Serbia
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Christ Church, Alsager
Grade II* listed church in Alsager, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK
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Church of St Mary, Banbury
Church in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Baptist Society Meeting House
Church building in Massachusetts, United States of America
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Sports & Entertainment 2
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Salle Richelieu
Theatre in Paris, France
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Angles Theatre
Theatre in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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Empires & Countries 4
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United Belgian States founded
United Belgian States was founded, with its capital at Coop of Brussels.
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United Belgian States dissolved
United Belgian States ceased to exist, having been centered at Coop of Brussels.
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Kingdom of Jimma founded
Kingdom of Jimma was founded.
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Changbhakar founded
Changbhakar was founded.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 5 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 1790 is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 1790.
2nd millennium 1
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Synagogue in Vysokaje
Synagogue in Belarus
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18th century 1
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Gavrilo Martsenkovich died
Ukrainian actor and opera singer
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1790s 3
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Shuvalov Palace
Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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KV5
Ancient Egyptian tomb
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Synagogue in Lomnice
Synagogue in Lomnice (Religion & Belief Systems).
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