WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1790
Find out what all happened August to December 1790

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

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

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

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

Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone. (17. 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 Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies. (22. December 1790)

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

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