January 9 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
January 23 » Second Partition of Poland.
July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
October 16 » French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.
November 10 » A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.
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