January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
August 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
September 27 » American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
Day of death March 13, 1790
The temperature on March 13, 1790 was about 7.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 8 » George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
March 4 » France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
July 12 » The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
August 2 » The first United States Census is conducted.
December 31 » Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.
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