What Happened in 1794 — Events, Births & Deaths
1794 brings together 11 events, 0 birthdays and 0 deaths recorded across history.
February 2
- February 4
The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French First Republic. It would be reestablished in the French West Indies in 1802.
- February 26
The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.
March 1
- March 14
Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
April 1
- April 28
Sardinians, headed by Giovanni Maria Angioy, start a revolution against the Savoy domination, expelling Viceroy Balbiano and his officials from Cagliari, the capital and largest city of the island.
May 1
- May 7
French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
June 1
- June 8
Maximilien Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.
July 4
- July 13
The Battle of Trippstadt between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria begins.
- July 17
The 16 Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne are executed ten days prior to the end of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
- July 27
French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
- July 28
French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
August 1
- August 7
U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.