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What Happened in November 1794

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Historical Events

  • Nov 3 French troops conquer Maastricht
  • Nov 7 French troops conquer Nijmegen
  • Nov 9 Russian troops occupy Warsaw
  • Nov 19 Jakobin Club forms in Paris
  • Nov 19 Jay Treaty, first US extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain
  • Nov 21 Honolulu Harbor discovered
  • Nov 22 Strasbourg Alsace-Lorraine, prohibits circumcision and wearing of beards
Events in 1794

Famous Birthdays

  • Nov 3 William Cullen Bryant, American poet (Thanatopsis), born in Cummington, Massachusetts (d. 1878)
  • Nov 17 George Grote, British historian (History of Greece), born in Clay Hill, England (d. 1871)
  • Nov 17 John Barrien Montgomery, Commander (Union Navy), (d. 1873)
  • Nov 23 Johan Frederik van Oordt, Dutch theologian (Groninger direction), born in Rotterdam (d. 1852)
Born in 1794

Famous Weddings

Charles Grey

Nov 18 2nd Earl Grey Charles Grey (30) weds only daughter of 1st Baron Ponsonby Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby

Charles Grey

Famous Deaths

  • Nov 3 François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman, dies at 79
  • Nov 14 Pieter Nieuwland, Dutch scientist and mathematician (known as "Dutch Isaac Newton"), dies at 30

John Witherspoon (1723-1794)

Nov 15 Scottish-American president of the College of New Jersey who signed the Declaration of Independence, dies at 71

John Witherspoon
  • Nov 17 Jacques François Dugommier, French general, dies at 56
  • Nov 22 John Alsop, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730-1794)

Nov 28 Prussian-American military officer (major general of the Continental Army), dies at 64

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben



What Happened in 1794

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