1790s

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1790s: events by year

Contents: 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799

1790

January–June

July–December

Date unknown

1791

January–June

July–December

Date unknown

  • The first American ship reaches Japan.
  • A slave rebellion begins in Haiti.
  • An ordinance is written barring the game of baseball within 80 yards of the Meeting House in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (first known reference to the game of baseball in North America).
  • The metric system is adopted in France.

1792

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Date unknown

1793

January–June

July–December

Date unknown

1794

January–June

July–December

Date unknown

1795

January–June

July–December

Date unknown

1796

January–June

July–December

Date unknown

  • Jane Austen writes her first draft of Pride and Prejudice, under the title First Impressions. The book will not be published until 1813.
  • The British government purchases a 40-acre (162,000 m²) site at Norman Cross (the first purposely built prisoner of war camp in Britain at that time).
  • The British seize Ceylon from the Dutch.
  • Annual British iron production reaches 125,000 tons.
  • Spanish government lifts the restrictions against neutrals trading with the colonies, thus acknowledging Spain's inability to supply the colonies with needed goods and markets.

1797

January–June

July–December

Date unknown

1798

January–June

July–December

Date unknown

1799

January–June

July–December

Date unknown

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