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 » Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
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.
October 9 » A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
November 1 » Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
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