1790 - What happened in 1790 ?

January 1790

Friday 08:

George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address address in New York City.

Saturday 30:

The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.

February 1790

Monday 01:

In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.

Thursday 11:

Religious Society of Friends petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.

March 1790

Monday 01:

The first United States census is authorized.

Thursday 04:

France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.

May 1790

Saturday 01:

The United States completes its first census.

Saturday 29:

Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.

Monday 31:

Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

June 1790

Wednesday 09:

Philadelphia Spelling Book by John Barry becomes the first book to be copyrighted in the United States.

July 1790

Friday 09:

In the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.

Friday 16:

The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia (seat of government).

Saturday 31:

First US patent issued; granted to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.

August 1790

Monday 02:

The first US Census is conducted.

Wednesday 04:

A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).

November 1790

Monday 01:

Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in disaster.

December 1790

Monday 06:

U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tuesday 14:

Alexander Hamilton proposes creation of a Bank of the United States

Sunday 26:

Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution