1794

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

1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799

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Events

• February 11 - 1st session of US Senate open to the public.

Births

Deaths

• April 27 - Sir William Jones, British philologist and discoverer of the Indo-European languages family.
• May 8 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and father of modern chemistry