WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1790
Find out what all happened March to December 1790

Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca. (31. May 1790)

Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state. (29. May 1790)

The first United States Census is conducted. (2. August 1790)

The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (6. December 1790)

Warriors of the Miami tribe under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops under General Josiah Harmar at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the Northwest Indian War. (22. October 1790)

The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process. (31. July 1790)

A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard). (4. August 1790)

Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution. (26. December 1790)

The first United States census is authorized. (1. March 1790)

French Revolution: citizens of Paris celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération. (14. July 1790)

The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790. (31. May 1790)

The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies. (22. December 1790)

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. (4. March 1790)

Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund – in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet. (9. July 1790)

The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act. (16. July 1790)

Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster. (1. November 1790)

Peking opera is born when the Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday. (25. September 1790)

Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone. (17. December 1790)

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly. (12. July 1790)

Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today is published for the first time. (31. December 1790)