WHAT HAPPENED IN 1794.
Look what happened the 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars. (1. June 1794)

British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti. (4. June 1794)

Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France. (8. June 1794)

Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev. (23. June 1794)

Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery. (30. June 1794)

The Battle of the Vosges is fought between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria. (13. July 1794)

The sixteen Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne are executed 10 days prior to the end of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. (17. July 1794)

French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution". (27. July 1794)

Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France during the French Revolution. (28. July 1794)