June 10 » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
August 12 » The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
August 16 » French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
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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