WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1794
Find out what all happened January to May 1794

Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau. (28. March 1794)

French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic. (7. May 1794)

First session of United States Senate opens to the public. (11. February 1794)

The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates. (27. March 1794)

Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by revolutionists, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme Générale, is tried, convicted, and guillotined all on the same day in Paris. (8. May 1794)

War of the Pyrenees: The Battle of Boulou ends, in which French forces defeat the Spanish and regain nearly all the land they lost to Spain in 1793. (1. May 1794)

Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin. (14. March 1794)

The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress. (4. March 1794)

The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic. It will be reestablished in the French West Indies in 1802. (4. February 1794)

Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact. (27. March 1794)

The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down. (26. February 1794)