June 10 » French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
June 10 » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
August 27 » French Revolutionary Wars: The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.
September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
October 15 » Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted, and condemned to death the following day.
December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
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