March 29 » King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
April 21 » Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
August 13 » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
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