1789

Centuries: Year in Review 18th Century

17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1690s - 1700s - 1710s - 1720s - 1730s - 1740s - 1750s - 1760s - 1770s - 1780s - 1790s - 1800s

1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794

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Events

• beginning of the French revolution
• Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Abd-ul-Hamid I (1774-1789) to Selim III (1789-1807)
• Thomas Jefferson brings the first maccaroni machine to the United States
• George Washington becomes the first President of the United States of America

Births

• Augustin Louis Cauchy (French mathematician )

Deaths